Located in the UK
Located in the USA
Located in Europe
- Jules Massenet
Thaïs (1894)
- Heugel (World)
- 2+pic2+ca2+bcl2+cbn/4331/timp.perc/2hp/str. In wings: 12 musicians.
- Chorus
- 2 hr 15 min
- Louis Gallet
- 4th May 2024, Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
- 6th May 2024, Abravanel Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America
Programme Note
Cast List:
ATHANAËL, a Cenobite: Baritone
NICIAS, a young Sybarite philosopher: Tenor
PALÉMON, an old Cenobite: Bass
A SERVANT: Baritone
THAÏS, actress and courtesan: Soprano
CROBYLE, slave-girl: Soprano
MYRTALE, slave-girl: Mezzo-Soprano
ALBINE, abbess: Mezzo-Soprano
THE CHARMER, a dancer: Soprano
Cenobites, Actors and Actresses, Philosophers, Friends of Nicias, Populace, the White Daughters.
Synopsis:
Set in Egypt in the fourth century, this opera tells the story of the monk Athanaël’s mission to save the soul of the courtesan Thaïs. He makes her aware of the emptiness of her existence and she agrees to renounce her old life and become a nun. However only when she falls fatally ill does Athanaël realise his obsession with Thaïs’s salvation was the result of repressed passion.
ATHANAËL, a Cenobite: Baritone
NICIAS, a young Sybarite philosopher: Tenor
PALÉMON, an old Cenobite: Bass
A SERVANT: Baritone
THAÏS, actress and courtesan: Soprano
CROBYLE, slave-girl: Soprano
MYRTALE, slave-girl: Mezzo-Soprano
ALBINE, abbess: Mezzo-Soprano
THE CHARMER, a dancer: Soprano
Cenobites, Actors and Actresses, Philosophers, Friends of Nicias, Populace, the White Daughters.
Synopsis:
Set in Egypt in the fourth century, this opera tells the story of the monk Athanaël’s mission to save the soul of the courtesan Thaïs. He makes her aware of the emptiness of her existence and she agrees to renounce her old life and become a nun. However only when she falls fatally ill does Athanaël realise his obsession with Thaïs’s salvation was the result of repressed passion.