Dramatic Vocalise Database
Jules Massenet (1842–1912)
Thaïs (1894)
Jules Massenet provided an optional offstage humming-chorus for the famous “Méditation” from his opera Thaïs, signifying the protagonist’s religious conversion.
Examples | Comments |
| Act 2, scene 1 “Meditation Religieuse” |
| Act 2, scene 1 “Meditation Religieuse” Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia Marcello Viotti, conductor Recorded in performance, Nov. 2002, Teatro Malibran, Venice |