Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Sir Andrew Davis - Massenet: Thaïs (2020)
FLAC tracks | 02:12:07 | 611 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Chandos
Following acclaimed performances at the Edinburgh Festival and then in Melbourne, Sir Andrew Davis’s recording of Massenet’s opera Thaïs features an outstanding cast, and exceptional performances from his Toronto forces. Written shortly after the premiere of his masterpiece Werther, Thaïs was composed for the Californian soprano Sybil Sanderson who gave the premiere at the Paris Opéra In 1894. Sanderson's performance was a triumph, but the opera itself had a mixed reception. After Massenet revised it in 1898 it went on to worldwide success in the years leading up to World War I and has enjoyed continuous and growing success in our own time.