The 2015 season of LA Opera on Air broadcasts conclude on Classical 90.5 at noon this Saturday, August 22, with a performance of Thaïs by Jules Massenet. The score is set to a French libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. The performance will run approximately two and three-quarter hours.
The most beautiful courtesan in Alexandria, Thaïs holds an entire city in her thrall as she embraces life’s most sensual delights. One man alone, the monk Athanaël, weeps for her sins, but his pilgrimage to save the sinner’s soul becomes a tortured journey of erotic obsession. As seducer transforms into saint, the holy man falls victim to his own passions.
The incomparable Nino Machaidze returns as Thaïs, with Plácido Domingo as her would-be savior. Patrick Fournillier conducts a thrilling production by Nicola Raab that has taken European opera houses by storm. Filled with intoxicating melodies and exotic colors, Thaïs seduces both eyes and ears with a glittering treasure trove of pleasures.
THE CAST
Thaïs: Nino Machaidze
Athanaël: Plácido Domingo
Nicias: Paul Groves
Palemon: Valentin Anikin
Albine: Milena Kitic
Crobyle: Hae Ji Chang
Myrtale: Rebecca Nathanson
Servant: Kihun Yoon
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