Name: Thaïs
Start: 2008-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2008-12-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Dirigat

Jesús López-Cobos

Sopran

Renée Fleming

Thais

Tenor

Michael Schade

Nicias

Bariton

Thomas Hampson

Athanael

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Französisch

Thaïs

New York City

Vereinigte Staaten

Metropolitan Opera House

When the most voluptuous, sought-after courtesan in the world meets an ascetic monk whose life is devoted to God, you know erotic sparks are going to fly. And when the clash takes place in a glorious, but rarely performed, opera by Massenet, it’s a delight to the ear just as much as to the eye. Renée Fleming is every inch the glamorous Thais, swathed in elegant gowns designed by Christian Lacroix. Thomas Hampson is the tortured man of God. This production by John Cox, which premiered in December 2008, brilliantly sets the stage for a confrontation as old as civilization itself.

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