Stereo/Quadraphonic.
Artist: MAAZEL / SILLS / MILNES / GEDDA. Title: MASSENET:
THAIS. Format: Record. Condition: New.
Thaïs takes place in Egypt under the rule of the Roman
Empire, where a Cenobite monk, Athanaël, attempts to convert Thaïs, an
Alexandrian courtesan and devotee of Venus, to Christianity, but discovers too
late that his obsession with her is rooted in lust; while the courtesan's true
purity of heart is revealed, so is the religious man's baser nature. The work
is often described as bearing a sort of religious eroticism, and has had many
controversial productions. Its famous Méditation, the entr'acte for violin and
orchestra played between the scenes of act 2, is an oft-performed concert music
piece; it has been arranged for many different instruments.