Iphigénie en Tauride en el Metropolitan Opera de NY

Saturday, February 12, 2011, 8:30 pm
Summers; Graham, Domingo, Groves, Hawkins
Composer: Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Iphigénie en Tauride

Libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, based on the play by Guymond de la Touche (based on Euripides)

World premiere: Paris, Opéra, May 18, 1779

Before the Trojan War, Agamemnon gathered the Greek armies at the port of Aulis. The goddess Diane sent unfavorable winds to prevent the Greeks from sailing. Her oracle set a condition for Agamemnon: to earn the right to sail forth and destroy an innocent country, he would have to sacrifice his own daughter. Agamemnon accepted these terms and killed his young daughter Iphigénie on the altar. In his play Iphigenia in Tauris Euripides imagines that Diane plucked Iphigénie from that altar and delivered her to a temple in distant Tauride, where Iphigénie began to serve the enemy Scythians as Diane’s high priestess—all the while Iphigénie’s family believing her dead.

Iphigénie en Tauride
Approximate running time 2 hrs. 25 min.
Intermission schedule
1 pm performances: At approximately 2 pm
8 pm performances: At approximately 9 pm
8:30 pm performances: At approximately 9:30 pm

Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, and Paul Groves reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s masterful interpretation of the Greek myth.

A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Seattle Opera.

Iphigénie en Tauride (DVD)
Composer: Christoph Williabald Gluck
Release Date: June, 2006
Conductor: William Christie

Artists:
Juliette Galstian
Rodney Gilfry
Deon van der Walt
Anton Scharinger
Martina Janková

Orchestra: Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House
Ensemble: Chorus of the Zurich Opera House
Record Label: Kultur
Stage Direction: Claus Guth
Running Time: 107 minutes

Iphigénie en Tauride is considered by many to be Gluck's greatest work and the culmination of his career. Boasting the finest libretto that Gluck ever set, Iphigénie en Tauride comes as close as possible to the complete realization of the composer's ideal of putting music at the service of poetry to achieve dramatic truth. Hugely demanding, it is one of opera's most intense and powerful experiences. Libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard.

Iphigénie en Tauride (2 CD)
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conductor: Martin Pearlman
Release Date: Aug 22, 2000

Artists:
Christine Goerke
Rodney Gilfrey
Vinson Cole
Sharon Baker
Jayne West

Orchestra: Boston Baroque
Label: Universal
Running Time: 2 hr. 14 min

Iphigénie en Tauride (2 CD)
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Release Date: 9/14/2004

Artists:
Diana Montague
John Aler
Thomas Allen
Rene Massis

Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir
Orchestra: Orchestre de L’Opera de Lyon
Label: Universal

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