Massenet - Thaïs
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Massenet: Thaïs
Erin Wall (Thaïs), Joshua Hopkins (Athanaël), Andrew Staples (Nicias), Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
To Thaīs herself Erin Wall brings a clean, pliant soprano used with discretion and judgement…Dark of presence, Joshua Hopkins makes a vehement Athanaël…Davis presents a perceptive account of... —
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Record Review, 4th July 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2020, Opera Choice
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Opera, October 2020, Disc of the Month
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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Massenet: Thaïs
Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanael), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Estefano Palatchi (Palemon)
Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Yves Abel
At last – a modern recording of Thaïs with a soprano who can sing the title-role. All we need is a soprano with a fabulously beautiful voice, idiomatic French, a sensuous legato, pure high notes... —
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Massenet: Thaïs
Geori Boue, Roger Bourdin, Michel Roux, Berthe Montmart, Odette Ricquier Yvonne Leroy, Jean Giraudeau
Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opera de Paris, George Sebastian
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Massenet: Thaïs
Anna Moffo (Thaïs), Gabriel Bacquier (Athanaël), José Carreras (Nicias), Justino Diaz (Palémon), Patricia Clark (Crobyle), Antonia Butler (Myrtale), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Albine), Jessica Cash (La Charmeuse), Leslie Fyson (Servant)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Julius...
Lushly upholstered at every turn, this should have been a perfect Thaïs, but Anna Moffo in the title role has problems with pitch which mar a vintage recording. However Jose Carreras and Gabriel... —
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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.... —
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Massenet: Thaïs
Anna Smiech (Soprano), Christine Buffle (Soprano), Christophe Fel (Bass), Elodie Méchain (Mezzo soprano), Enrico Masiero (Baritone), Eva Mei (Soprano), Michele Pertusi (Bass), Tiziana Carraro (Mezzo soprano), William Joyner (Tenor)
Venice La Fenice Orchestra, Venice La Fenice Chorus, Marcello...
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Massenet: Thaïs & bonus works
Julius Rudel/New Philharmonia Orchestra/Ambrosian Opera Chorus/Moffo/Bacquier/Carreras/Dia
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Jean Martinon: The Complete CSO Recordings
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de L'O.R.T.F., Jean Martinon
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Special offer. Massenet: Thaïs
Nicole Chevalier (Thaïs), Josef Wagner (Athanaël), ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Leo Hussain
Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Nicole Chevalier is a superb actress and camps up the glamourpuss courtesan well...Wagner is a very good Athanaël, full of zealous fire, firmly sung. —
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Special offer. Massenet: Thaïs
Eva Mei (soprano), Michele Perusi (bass-baritone), William Joyner (tenor) & Christophe Fel (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezi, Marcello Viotti (conductor) & Pier Luigi Pizzi (director, set and costume designer)
