The most beautiful courtesan in Alexandria, Thaïs holds an entire city in her thrall as she embraces life’s most sensual delights. One man alone, the monk Athanaël, weeps for her sins, but his pilgrimage to save the sinner’s soul becomes a tortured journey of erotic obsession. As seducer transforms into saint, the holy man falls victim to his own passions.

The incomparable Nino Machaidze returns as Thaïs, with Plácido Domingo as her would-be savior. Patrick Fournillier conducts a thrilling production by Nicola Raab that has taken European opera houses by storm. Filled with intoxicating melodies and exotic colors, Thaïsseduces both eyes and ears with a glittering treasure trove of pleasures.

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CAST

• Thaïs

  Nino Machaidze

• Athanaël

  Plácido Domingo

• Nicias

  Paul Groves

• Palemon

  Valentin Anikin+

• Albine

  Milena Kitic

• Crobyle

  Hae Ji Chang+

• Myrtale (May 17)

  Cassandra Zoé Velasco+

• Myrtale (May 25 – June 7)

  Rebecca Nathanson+*

• Servant

  Kihun Yoon+*

CREATIVE TEAM

• Conductor

  Patrick Fournillier*

• Director

  Nicola Raab*

• Designer

  Johan Engels

• Lighting Designer

  Linus Fellbom*

* LA Opera debut artist
+ Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program member