Detailed information
Composer
Jules Massenet
Duration
2 h 50 min (including two intervals)
Libretto
Louis Gallet (based on Anatol France's novel)
Libretto/ translation
Dorota Sawka
Premiere at Baltic Opera Gdansk
Creatives
music direction
José Maria Florêncio
staging and directing
Romuald Wicza-Pokojski
scenography and costumes
Alicja Kokosińska
choreography
Izabela Sokołowska-Boulton
lights
Piotr Miszkiewicz
music director's assistant
Michał Krężlewski
director's assistant
Magdalena Szlawska
scenographer's assistant
Zuzanna Kubicz
lights assistant
Michał Stenzel
choreographer's assistants
Sayaka Haruna-Kondracka
Bartosz Kondracki
Choir preparation
Agnieszka Długołęcka-Kuraś
multimedia
Michał Lewandowski
sound effects
Marcin Dąbrowski
Description
Massenet, apart from his most famous opera Manon, was remembered thanks to the extremely lyrical vocal miniatures. According to the composer himself, the music was primarily to give pleasure and provoke deep experiences, so he tried to compose, but also selected the content of his works.
Thaïs is the story of a beautiful courtesan who almost hypnotizes his admirers with grace and beauty. Her lecherous life, however, is the salt in the eye of the young monk, Atanael. At all costs he tries to convert a promiscuous woman. As a result of this peculiar crusade, Atanael discovers that it was not really about conversion, but about acquiring the unusual and magical love of Thaïs. However, it is too late because his chosen one dies.
Thaïs is a story about the passions that engulf people, but also about the dangers of excessive religious fascination. It also opens the field for discussion and attempts to answer questions about the hierarchy of values: whether love and temporal passions are more important, or eternal salvation...
Thaïs is the story of a beautiful courtesan who almost hypnotizes his admirers with grace and beauty. Her lecherous life, however, is the salt in the eye of the young monk, Atanael. At all costs he tries to convert a promiscuous woman. As a result of this peculiar crusade, Atanael discovers that it was not really about conversion, but about acquiring the unusual and magical love of Thaïs. However, it is too late because his chosen one dies.
Thaïs is a story about the passions that engulf people, but also about the dangers of excessive religious fascination. It also opens the field for discussion and attempts to answer questions about the hierarchy of values: whether love and temporal passions are more important, or eternal salvation...
Cast
Thaïs
Marcelina Beucher
Besa Llugiqi
Katarzyna Wietrzny
Atanael
Marcin Bronikowski
Tomasz Rak
Nicias
Ivaylo Mihaylov
Sławomir Naborczyk
Krobyla
Maria Antkowiak
Myrtala
Wanda Franek
Iwona Wall
Palemon
Daniel Borowski
Piotr Nowacki
Albina
Katarzyna Nowosad
Servant
Daniel Borowski
Piotr Nowacki
Fairy
Julia Iwaszkiewicz
An Angel (violin solo)
Celina Kotz
Karolina Nowotczyńska
Cast by date
Thaïs
Katarzyna Wietrzny
Atanael
Marcin Bronikowski
Nicias
Ivaylo Mihaylov
Krobyla
Maria Antkowiak
Myrtala
Iwona Wall
Palemon
Daniel Borowski
Albina
Katarzyna Nowosad
Servant
Piotr Nowacki
Fairy
Julia Iwaszkiewicz
An Angel (violin solo)
Celina Kotz
conductor
Piotr Mazurek
Thaïs
Katarzyna Wietrzny
Atanael
Marcin Bronikowski
Nicias
Łukasz Załęski
Krobyla
Maria Antkowiak
Myrtala
Iwona Wall
Palemon
Daniel Borowski
Albina
Katarzyna Nowosad
Servant
Piotr Nowacki
Fairy
Julia Iwaszkiewicz
An Angel (violin solo)
Celina Kotz
conductor
Piotr Mazurek
Thaïs
Katarzyna Wietrzny
Atanael
Marcin Bronikowski
Nicias
Ivaylo Mihaylov
Krobyla
Maria Antkowiak
Myrtala
Iwona Wall
Palemon
Daniel Borowski
Albina
Katarzyna Nowosad
Servant
Piotr Nowacki
Fairy
Julia Iwaszkiewicz
An Angel (violin solo)
Celina Kotz
conductor
Piotr Mazurek
Photos
4 Photos
Thaïs - trailer
