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Title Thaïs / music by Jules Massenet ; libretto by Louis Gallet, based on the novel by Anatole France ; presented by the Metropolitan Opera.

Publication Info. London, England : Decca, [2008]

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Description 1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
LPCM
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Series The Metropolitan Opera HD live
Metropolitan Opera HD live.
Note Opera in three acts and seven scenes.
System Details DVD; region code 0; aspect ratio 16:9, anamorphic widescreen; NTSC; soundtracks in LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; high-definition.
Performer Renée Fleming (Thaïs) ; Thomas Hampson (Athanaël) ; Michael Schade (Nicias) ; Alain Vernhes (Palémon) ; Alyson Cambridge (Crobyle) ; Ginger Costa-Jackson (Myrtale) ; Trevor Scheunemann (Guard) ; Leah Partridge (La Charmeuse) ; Maria Zifchak (Albine) ; Daniel Clark Smith, Roger Andrews, Kurt Phinney, Richard Pearson, Craig Montgomery (Cenobite Monks) ; Zahra Hashemian, solo dancer ; David Chan, violin solo ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Donald Palumbo, chorus master ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor.
Credits Director, Gary Halvorson ; production, John Cox ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; choreographer, Sara Jo Slate ; music producer, Jay David Saks ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.
Event Filmed Dec. 20, 2008.
Note Program notes and synopsis in English with French and German translations (30 p. : port.) inserted in container.
Language Sung in French; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Chinese.
Genre/Form Operas.
Operas.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Gallet, Louis, 1835-1898, librettist.
López-Cobos, Jesús, conductor.
Fleming, Renée, performer.
Hampson, Thomas, performer.
Schade, Michael, performer.
Vernhes, Alain, 1944- performer.
Cambridge, Alyson, performer.
Costa-Jackson, Ginger, performer.
Scheunemann, Trevor, performer.
Partridge, Leah, performer.
Zifchak, Maria, performer.
Smith, Daniel Clark, performer.
Andrews, Roger, performer.
Phinney, Kurt, performer.
Pearson, Richard, performer.
Montgomery, Craig, performer.
Hashemian, Zahra, performer.
Chan, David (Violinist), performer.
Palumbo, Donald, performer.
Halvorson, Gary.
Cox, John, 1935 March 12-
Schuler, Duane.
Slate, Sara Jo.
France, Anatole, 1844-1924. Thaïs.
Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912. Thaïs.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer.
Decca Music Group.
Standard No. 044007433553
Music No. B0013884-09 Decca