Meditation from Thaïs

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Jules Massenet
Music title: Thaïs (1894) - Meditation
Work definition: Ballet in one act
Title notes: Also known as 'Thaïs pas de deux'
After: Taken from the opera 'Thaïs' by Louis Gallet, after a novel by Anatole France
World premiere: 21 March 1971, The Royal Ballet, Adelphi Theatre, London
ROH premiere: 14 December 1971, The Royal Ballet
ROH company premiere: 21 March 1971, The Royal Ballet, Adelphi Theatre, London
Productions
Meditation from Thaïs (1971) The Royal Ballet (45 performances online)