Massenet: Thaïs
Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan, Norma Burrowes & Patricia Kern
John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Maazel's 1976 studio recording boasts Beverly Sills in her prime as the eponymous courtesan, exuding a cool but tangible eroticism and sounding utterly at home with the role's high tessitura....
Massenet: Thaïs
Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan, Norma Burrowes & Patricia Kern
John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
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Maazel's 1976 studio recording boasts Beverly Sills in her prime as the eponymous courtesan, exuding a cool but tangible eroticism and sounding utterly at home with the role's high tessitura....
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- Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Norma Burrowes (soprano), Sherrill Milnes (bass-baritone), Richard van Allan (bass), Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano), Ann-Marie Connors (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Brian Ethridge (bass)
- New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir
- Lorin Maazel
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April 2014
Maazel's 1976 studio recording boasts Beverly Sills in her prime as the eponymous courtesan, exuding a cool but tangible eroticism and sounding utterly at home with the role's high tessitura. Sherrill Milnes rages splendidly as the fanatical Athanaël without ever descending into bluster, and Nicolai Gedda is luxury casting as his acolyte Nicias.