Thais : Poda, Noseda / Teatro Regio Torino, Frittoli, Ataneli, etc (2008 Stereo)

Jules Massenet: THAIS

Thais - Barbara Frittoli
Athanael - Lado Ataneli
Nicias - Alessandro Liberatore
Palemon - Maurizio Lo Piccolo
Albine - Nadezda Serdyuk
Crobyle - Eleonora Buratto
Myrtale - Kete van Kemoklidze
La Charmeuse - Daniela Schillaci
Un serviteur - Diego Matamoros

Torino Teatro Regio Chorus (chorus master: Roberto Gabbiani)
Torino Teatro Regio Orchestra
Gianandrea Noseda, conductor

Stefano Poda, stage director, choreographer, set, costume and light designer

Recorded live from the Teatro Regio Torino, 2008.

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu language: English
Running time: 139 mins
No. of DVDs: 1 (DVD 9)

Thais, a mature work by the composer Jules Massenet on the libretto by Louis Gallet, it is based on the novel of the same name by Anatole France. The new production of this rarely performed work is the result of more than a year of close collaboration between the forces of the Theatre and Stefano Poda, responsible, for the first time in Italy, for the direction, choreography, sets, lighting and costumes. On the podium, Gianandrea Noseda, who, seduced by the dramatic force and modernity of the orchestral writing, conducts Thais for the first time; a debut also for the protagonist Barbara Frittoli, who has chosen the Regio to make her debut in this difficult role. Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli gives an impressive study of the monk Athanael.