She's captivating and provocative. He's full of the fire of conversion. The temptress and the monk clash: Eros or God? She is drawn to his promise of paradise. But as she gets closer, are his eyes on the cross or her astonishing beauty? Like Thaïs, Massenet's music is seductive, like her monk, persuasive, like them both, irresistible.

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All performances at The Shubert Theatre, Boston
The approximate running time of Thaïs is 3 hours

Music by Jules Massenet
Libretto by Louis Gallet after the novel of the same name by Anatole France (1890)

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Sung in French with projected English surtitles
Scenery and costumes originally designed for Opera Theatre of St. Louis in co-production with Opéra de Montréal

Conductor		Steuart Bedford*
Stage Director		Renaud Doucet*
Set and Costume Designer		André Barbe*
Lighting Designer		Guy Simard*
Thaïs, actress and courtesan		Kelly Kaduce, soprano*
Athanaël, a coenobite monk		James Westman, baritone
Nicias, a young syrabite philosopher		Mark Thomsen, tenor
Palèmon, an old coenobite monk		David M. Cushing, bass
Albine, abbess		Stephanie Chigas, mezzo-soprano
Crobyle, slave		Sarah Asmar, soprano*
Myrtale, slave		Erica Brookhyser, mezzo-soprano*
La Charmeuse, ballet dancer		Joyce Ting, soprano*
*BLO debut

Performances:

Friday, April 28, 2006 at 7:30pm
Sunday, April 30, 2006 at 3:00pm
Wednesday, May 3, 2006 at 7:30pm
Friday, May 5, 2006 at 7:30pm
Sunday, May 7, 2006 at 3:00pm
Tuesday, May 9, 2006 at 7:30pm