| Massenet: Thais / Fleming, Hampson, Met Hd
Label: DECCA Catalog: 0743355 Format: DVD
Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanaël), Michael Schade (Nicias)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Jesús López-Cobos (conductor), John Cox (stage director)
Massenet: Thaïs
Renee Fleming triumphs as the glamourous courtesan Thais in Massenet's romantic tragedy set in fourth century Alexandria and the Egyptian Desert. The timeless struggle between earthly desire and spiritual redemption finally destroys the resolve of the monk Athanael (Thomas Hampson), just as the newly penitent Thais ascends heavenward. |  Price: $18.98( 17.90*) |
