Thaïs

About this event

Austin Opera brings the captivating story of Thaïs to the Long Center for the Performing Arts, exploring the tension between worldly pleasure, faith, and spiritual transformation. In Alexandria, the celebrated enchantress Thaïs captivates the city’s elite with her beauty, charisma, wit, and artistry, living a life devoted to the goddess Venus and surrounded by excess. Her world changes when Athanaël, a monk determined to save her from spiritual ruin, pursues her with unwavering conviction. But as his mission becomes an obsession, both face a profound struggle in which faith and desire threaten to overturn everything they believe.