Iphigénie en Tauride

Overview

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.

Directed by Thomas Grimm, Claus Guth

Top 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

B

Bernhard Rubin

Agamemnon-Double

L

Lisa Lorenz

First Priestess

E

Eva Zmekova

Clytemnestre-Double

Details