CAST:
Lado Ataneli
(Athanaël)
Alessandro
Liberatore (Nicias)
Maurizio Lo
Piccolo (Palémon)
Diego
Matamoros (Un
serviteur)
Barbara Frittoli (Thaïs)
Eleonora Buratto (Crobyle)
Ketevan Kemoklidze
(Myrtale)
Nadežda Serdyuk
(Albine)
Daniela Schillaci
(La Charmeuse)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda
Director, Choreographer,
Sets, Costumes and Lights: Stefano
Poda
Chorus Master: Roberto
Gabbiani
Running time:
2 hrs. 19 min. plus one intermission
Sung in French with English
subtitles
Photo:
© Fondazione
Teatro Regio di Torino
 |
Performed at Teatro Regio, Turin,
Italy The monk
Athanaël attempts to convert the
beautiful courtesan Thaïs to
Christianity, despite the many
warnings of his friends. After
Athanaël rejects her advances, Thais
eventually agrees to renounce her
worldly possessions and join a
convent. It is only upon their
arrival at the convent that Athanaël
realizes he will never see the
beautiful Thaïs again. After their
separation, he is consumed by desire
for her, and has a vision of her
immenent death. He returns to
convent to see her, and finds her on
her deathbed. He confesses his love
and extols the power of earthly
desire, but Thaïs has been changed
forever—she sees him only as the man
who brought her to salvation. Thaïs
receives heavenly visions and dies
Athanaël’s arms, while Athanaël is
left in despair and anguish. |
