First Performance.
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1894-03-16 in Paris, Opéra Garnier Original version
- L'Opéra de Paris. Cast, Chorus, Orchestra, Paul Taffanel (conductor)
1898-04-13 in Paris, Opéra Garnier Revised version
- L'Opéra de Paris. Cast, Chorus, Orchestra
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InstrDetail
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Cast
- Thaïs, a courtesan (soprano)
Athanaël, a Cenobite monk (baritone) Nicias, a nobleman (tenor) Crobyle, servant of Nicias (soprano) Myrtale, servant of Nicias (mezzo-soprano) Palémon, leader of the Cenobites (bass) Albine, an abbess (mezzo-soprano) A servant (bass)
Mixed Chorus (SATB)
- Cenobites, Nuns, Citizens of Alexandria, Nicias's friends
Orchestra
- piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet,
- 2 bassoons, contrabassoon (or contrabass sarrusaphone)
- 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba
timpani, triangle, bass drum, drum, cymbals, snare drum, crotales harmonium, piano, 2 harps, strings
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