MASSENET: THAÏS

Miricioiu, Broecheler, Jenkins; Commissiona

Label: WH
Catalog #: WH158
Stereo
Broadcast
Holland: January 19, 1985
Disc(s) in set: 3

This is a rare chance to hear an uncut performance of this most alluring of Massenet’s operas. Nelly Miricioiu not only sings the role superbly, but she embodies the title role down to her little finger. This is a true tour-de-force by a too little known artist. John Broecheler actually sings Athanaël. Together Miricioiu and Broecheler create another unforgettable performance. The surprise is the brilliant and big conducting of Sergiu Commissiona! He knows how to whip up a frenzy of an entrance for this Thaïs, and the rest is so lovingly tended. As a bonus, Nelly Miricioiu is thrillingly heard in excerpts from Donizetti’s Anna Bolena.