Thaïs
Running time: 2 hours 50 minutes ca. intermission included
FIRST ACT 70 minutes / Pause 30 minutes / SECOND ACT 70 minutes
Comédie lyrique in three acts
Libretto by Louis Gallet
Teatro alla Scala New Production
Teatro alla Scala Orchestra and Chorus
| Conductor | Lorenzo Viotti |
| Staging | Olivier Py |
| Staging assistant | Ivo Bauchiero |
| Sets and costumes | Pierre André Weitz |
| Sets assistant | Pierre Lebon |
| Costumes assistant | Mathieu Crescence |
| Lights | Bertrand Killy |
| Choreography | Ivo Bauchiero |
| Maestro del Coro | Alberto Malazzi |
CAST |
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| Thaïs | Marina Rebeka |
| Athanaël | Lucas Meachem |
| Nicias | Giovanni Sala |
| Crobyle | Caterina Sala |
| Myrtale | Anna-Doris Capitelli |
| Albine | Valentina Pluzhnikova |
| Charmeuse |
Federica Guida (10, 16, 19, 22 Feb. e 2 Mar.) Nicole Wacker (25 Feb. |
| Palémon | Insung Sim |
| Servant | Jorge Martínez |
| Cenobites |
Luigi Albani Renis Hyka Michele Mauro Andrea Semeraro Massimo Pagano Giorgio Valerio |
| Soloist dancers |
Emanuela Montanari (10, 16, 19 Feb.) / Beatrice Carbone (22, 25 Feb. and 2 Mar. ) Massimo Garon (10, 16, 19 Feb.) / Gioacchino Starace (22, 25 Feb and 2 Mar.) |
We inform the audience that the production includes some nude scenes
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.
