Jules Massenet - Thais

Comédie lyrique in three acts and seven tableaux by Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Libretto by Louis Gallet (1835–1898), based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France (1844–1924)

Concert performance

Leading team:

Patrick Fournillier, musical director
Walter Zeh, choral director

Cast:

Marina Rebeka, Thaïs
Plácido Domingo, Athanaël
Benjamin Bernheim, Nicias
Simon Shibambu* , Palémon
Elbenita Kajtazi*, Crobyle
Valentina Stadler*, Myrtale
Marielle Murphy*, La Charmeuse (the seductress)
Andrzej Filończyk*, a servant
Szilvia Vörös*, Albine

Vienna Philharmonia Chorus
Munich Radio Orchestra

*Participants in the Young Singers Project