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Iphigénie en Tauride

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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Iphigénie en Tauride

April 24, 2001
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Cast (15)

William Christie
Self - Conductor
Juliette Galstian
Iphigénie
Eleanor Paunovic
Second Pristess
Michael Mrosek
Scythian
Thomas Pütz
Minister
Paul Lorenger
Oreste-Double
Catherine Villiger
Iphigénie-Double
Anna Soranno
Greek Woman
Bernhard Rubin
Agamemnon-Double
Lisa Lorenz
First Priestess
Eva Zmekova
Clytemnestre-Double

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Claus Guth
Director
Thomas Grimm
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