Iphigénie en Tauride

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Iphigénie en Tauride (2001)

Directed by Thomas Grimm, Claus Guth

Music · 1h 48m

The eighteenth century German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck strove for the ideal of pairing poetry - in its purest form - with operatic score, an end he came closest to achieving with his 1779 opera Iphigeneia in Tauris (Iphigénie en Tauride). The story recounts the nearly fatal brother-sister relationship, its ultimate reconciliation, and the eventual Scythian-Greek truce as achieved by the intervening hand of the goddess Diana. The home video release Iphigenie en Tauride contains a film of a live performance of the work, as mounted by the Opernhaus Zurich in 2001. Claus Guth directs for the stage, with a cast that includes Juliette Galstian as Iphigenia, Rodney Gilfry as Orestes and Martina Janková as Diana. The Zurich Opera's Orchestra La Scintilla and the Chorus of the Opernhaus Zurich provide musical accompaniment.

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Cast

W
William Christie Self - Conductor
J
Juliette Galstian Iphigénie
E
Eleanor Paunovic Second Pristess Rodney Gilfry Oreste
M
Michael Mrosek Scythian Deon van der Walt Pylades
T
Thomas Pütz Minister
A
Anton Scharinger Thaos
P
Paul Lorenger Oreste-Double Martina Janková Diane
C
Catherine Villiger Iphigénie-Double
A
Anna Soranno Greek Woman

Crew

Director
Thomas Grimm, Claus Guth
Writer
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Nicolas-François Guillard

Details

Release date
2001-04-24
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
Music
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
French
Countries
Switzerland
Production
Arthaus Musik, Opernhaus Zürich, BR