Name: Thaïs
Start: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2021-01-28T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Salle Garnier

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Organization

Chanteur

Baryton

Ludovic Tézier

Athanael

Ténor

Jean-François Borras

Nicias

Basse

Philippe Kahn

Palemon

Soprano

Marina Rebeka

Thais

Cassandre Berthon

Crobiyle

Mezzo-soprano

Valentine Lemercier

Mirtale

Marie Gautrot

Albine

Jennifer Courcier

La charmeuse aux serpents

Direction d'orchestre

Jean-Yves Ossonce

Mise en scène

Jean-Louis Grinda

Décors

Laurent Castaingt

Costumes

Jorge Jara

Video

Gabriel Grinda

Lumières

Chorégraphie

Eugénie Andrin

Direction de choeur

Stefano Visconti

Opéra de Monte-Carlo

Orchestra

Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Thaïs

Monaco

"Dare to come, you who defy Venus!" cries Thaïs, the priestess of Venus, to ascetic monk Athanaël, determined to save her soul by converting her to Christianity. This challenge precipitates the action of Thaïs, Massenet's operatic masterpiece, staged here by Jean-Louis Grinda at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo with Jean-Yves Ossonce conducting!

Athanäel's attempts to save Thaïs from eternal damnation lead him to an unexpected fate as the young priestess, bored with her life of pleasures, aspires to something greater. Convinced by Athanaël's entreaties, she ends up devoting herself to God and dying in a convent—to the great sorrow of Athanaël, who realizes too late his love for her, repudiating his vows and asserting that "nothing is true but life and the love of human beings." Massenet's rich emotional landscape opposes two complex characters with divergent motivations who briefly cross paths on their way to opposite destinies… Celebrated soloists Marina Rebeka and Ludovic Tézier more than do justice to this sublime score, a veritable treasure of French opera.

Photo © Alain Hanel - Opéra de Monte-Carlo 2021

Thaïs by Massenet, dim. 24 janv. 2021, Du (2021/2021), Dirigé par Jean-Louis Grinda,, Chef d'orchestre Jean-Yves Ossonce, Salle Garnier, Monaco, Monaco

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