Meditation from Thaïs (1971)

Later called Thaïs pas de deux. (Opera in three acts by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Antole France)

MUSIC

Jules Massenet (1894)

COSTUMES

Anthony Dowell

DANCERS

Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Gala Performance, Adelphi Theatre, London 21 March 1971

New Stagings / Productions

Pacific Ballet, 1971

STAGING

Pacific Ballet

DANCERS

Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Nourse Auditorium, San Francisco CA, 3 June 1971

Royal Ballet, 1971

STAGING

Royal Ballet

DANCERS

Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Royal Opera House, London, 14 December 1971

Festival of Two Worlds, 1973

NEW PRODUCTION

Festival of Two Worlds: as part of Celebration: The Art of the Pas de Deux arranged by Jerome Robbins

SCENERY

Rouben Ter-Arutunian

DANCERS

Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, 29 July 1973

Ballet de Nice, 1995

STAGING

Ballet de Nice: under the title Thaïs pas de deux

REPRODUCED BY

Garry Harris

DANCERS

Monique Loudières, Wilfred Romoli

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Opéra de Nice, 8 December 1995

Dance Theatre of Harlem, 2003

STAGING

Dance Theatre of Harlem: under the title Thaïs

REPRODUCED BY

Anthony Dowell

DANCERS

Melissa Morrissey, Duncan Cooper

FIRST PERFORMANCE

New York State Theater, New York NY, 9 July 2003

San Francisco Ballet, 2004

STAGING

San Francisco Ballet: under the title Thaïs pas de deux

REPRODUCED BY

Anthony Dowell

DANCERS

Yuan Yuan Tan, Pierre-François Vilanoba

FIRST PERFORMANCE

War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco CA, 13 April 2004

Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet, 2004

STAGING

Royal Ballet/Paris Opera Ballet

REPRODUCED BY

Anthony Dowell

DANCERS

Leanne Benjamin, Manuel Legris

FIRST PERFORMANCE

Entente Cordiale Gala, Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, 29 September 2004