Opera on 3 - Live from the Met - Massenet's Thais

Soprano Renee Fleming brings one of her most celebrated roles to New York's Metropolitan Opera House for the first time in a performance of Massenet's exotic drama of love and redemption. Based on a tale initially written down by a 10th-century nun, the opera tells the story of the monk Athanael and his ultimately tragic desire for the Alexandrian courtesan Thais. Presented by Margaret Juntwait with guest commentator Ira Siff. The two intervals include backstage interviews. Thais, a courtesan ...... Renee Fleming (soprano) Athanael, a coenobite monk ...... Thomas Hampson (baritone) Nicias, a young sybarite philosopher ...... Michael Schade (tenor) Palemon, an old coenobite monk ...... Alain Vernhes (bass) Crobyle, a slave ...... Alyson Cambridge (soprano) Myrtale, a slave ...... Ginger Costa-Jackson (mezzo-soprano) Albine, Abbess ...... Leah Partridge (soprano) Servant of Nicias ...... David Won (baritone) Cenobites ...... Kurt Phinney, Daniel Clark Smith, Craig Montgomery (tenors), Roger Andrews, Richard Pearson (basses) Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor).