
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
Gluck’s gripping adaptation of the ancient Greek myth is vividly brought to life by a stellar cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s atmospheric production. Oreste is driven by the Furies to atone for killing his mother Clytemnestre. When he and his companion Pylade are shipwrecked on the island of Tauride, the king Thoas demands they be sacrificed. At the center of the drama is Iphigénie, Oreste’s long-lost sister. Forced to live among her enemies, she holds the lives of the captives in her hands—unaware that one of them is her brother. (Iphigénie en Tauride is performed in an adaptation of the 1779 Paris version edited by Gerhard Croll, by arrangement with Bärenreiter.)
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
February 26, 2011
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Cast (11)

Susan Graham
Iphigénie

Plácido Domingo
Orest

Paul Groves
Pylade

Gordon Hawkins
Thoas

Julie Boulianne
Diane

Jacqueline Antaramian
Clytemnestre

Rob Besserer
Agamemnon

Natalie Dessay
Self - Host

Lei Xu
First Priestess

Cecelia Hall
Second Priestess

David Won
A Scythian Minister
Crew (24)
Directing

Barbara Willis Sweete
Director
Writing
Production

Mia Bongiovanni
Supervising Producer

Peter Gelb
Executive Producer

Elena Park
Supervising Producer

Victoria Warivonchik
Producer

Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Sound

Patrick Summers
Conductor

Jay David Saks
Music Producer

Bill King
Sound Supervisor

Christoph Willibald Gluck
Original Music Composer
Art

Thomas Lynch
Set Designer

Stephen Wadsworth
Production Design
Camera
No data availableCostume & Make-Up

William Malloy
Wardrobe Supervisor

Tom Watson
Makeup Artist

Tom Watson
Wigmaker

Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist

Martin Pakledinaz
Costume Designer
Crew
Editing
No data availableLighting

Neil Peter Jampolis
Lighting Design