Olivier Py's Thaïs doesn't set pulses racing in Milan

By Mark Pullinger, 23 February 2022

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“where Py does let rip... it’s an indication of what might have been”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 22 February 2022

Massenet, Thaïs

Teatro alla Scala

Lorenzo Viotti, Conductor

Olivier Py, Director

Pierre-André Weitz, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Bertrand Killy, Lighting Designer

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Coro del Teatro alla Scala

Marina Rebeka, Thaïs

Lucas Meachem, Athanaël

Giovanni Sala, Nicias

Caterina Sala, Crobyle

Federica Guida, La Charmeuse

Insung Sim, Palémon

Valentina Pluzhnikova, Albine

Anna-Doris Capitelli, Myrtale

Ivo Bauchiero, Choreography

Beatrice Carbone, Dancer

Gioacchino Starace, Dancer

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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