The monk succeeds in his intent but not without sorrows, because he falls in love with her. The plot, set in the 4th century AD, is about the story of the monk Athanael who is going to Alessandria to redeem the courtesan Taide (Thaïs), devotee of Aphrodite. The first performance was held at the Opéra in Paris on the 16th of March 1894. This work was composed in 1892 but it has been modified several times: the two initial versions are from 18. The famous Meditation is part of Thaïs composed by Jules Massenet, based on Louis Gallet’s libretto and inspired by Anatole France’s novel. Thanks to the endless and fascinating timbre resources, Thais ‘emotions and torments relive on the six strings with a lyricism perhaps less sustained than the violin execution, but even more poetically poignant and intimate and perfectly in line with the purpose of the piece. The project was to re-create the track in a new way, trying to go back to the authors’ thoughts and intentions and then elaborate it in a new way but still faithful to the original intentions and goals. And perhaps, more than the orchestral multitude it is precisely, the guitar, the intimate instrument for excellence, which can best represent this mood. The decision to transcribe the Meditation arose from the desire to bring this piece back to my personal vision: an inner meditation, in absolute solitude, on personal concerns and on a spiritual path to be taken.
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