( HD 1080p) Meditation from Thaïs, Jules Massenet

Thaïs is an opera by Jules Massenet based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France. Jules Massenet (1842 1912) was a French composer best known for his operas. Thaïs takes place in Egypt during Byzantine rule, where a Cenobite monk, Athanaël, attempts to convert Thaïs, an Alexandrian courtesan and devotee of Venus, to Christianity. Its famous Méditation, the entr acte for violin and orchestra played between the scenes of Act II, is an oftperformed concert music piece; it has been arranged for many