INTESA SAN PAOLO

Thaïs

Jules Massenet
Lyric comedy in three acts
Libretto by Louis Gallet

Season: 2021/2022
Durata: 2 hours 35 minutes

Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus

Opera

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CREATIVE TEAM

Conductor
 
Lorenzo Viotti
Chorus Master
 
Alberto Malazzi
Staging
 
Olivier Py
Sets and costumes
 
Pierre-André Weitz
Lights
 
Bertrand Killy
Choreography and Staging assistant
 
Ivo Bauchiero
Sets assistant
 
Pierre Lebon
Costumes assistant
 
Mathieu Crescence

CAST

Thaïs
 
Marina Rebeka
Athanaël
 
Lucas Meachem
Nicias
 
Giovanni Sala
Crobyle
 
Caterina Sala
Myrtale
 
Anna-Doris Capitelli
Albine
 
Valentina Pluzhnikova
La Charmeuse
 
Nicole Wacker
Palémon
 
Insung Sim
Un serviteur
 
Jorge Martínez
Cénobytes
 
Luigi Albani, Renis Hyka, Michele Mauro, Andrea Semeraro, Massimo Pagano e Giorgio Valerio

BALLET COMPANY

Soloists
 
Beatrice Carbone e Gioacchino Starace

Please note that this show contains nude scenes which may not be suitable for under 18 year olds.

 

Thaïs, inspired by Anatole France’s novel and staged for the first time at the Palais Garnier in 1894, has been staged at La Scala just once in 1942 under the baton of Gino Marinuzzi. Massenet’s refined and exquisite score aptly evokes the literary source, inflecting the dialectic of sin and redemption in a spectacular exercise in style combining erudition, exoticism, and sensuality. Lorenzo Viotti continues the exploration of French music that began with Roméo et Juliette in 2020, featuring one of the most dynamic stage directors in Europe, Olivier Py.

SYNOPSIS LIBRETTO