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Iphigénie en Tauride
Palais Garnier - from 02 to 25 December 2016
Iphigénie en Tauride
Opera Christoph Willibald Gluck
Palais Garnier - from 02 to 25 December 2016
2h20 with 1 interval
Language : French
About
In few words:
"Calm returns, but in the depths of my heart,Alas, the storm rages on. Alas, the storm rages on."Iphigénie, Acte I
In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste, Iphigénie’s own brother, who appears, having murdered their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge the death of their father Agamemnon: such is the accursed lineage of the Atrides, condemned for generations to inflict death after death… Will this chain of hereditary bloodletting be perpetuated by Iphigénie? In 1779 Gluck’s score for Iphigénie en Tauride seemed to inspire a new emotion – neither completely theatrical nor altogether operatic – in which his contemporaries believed they had witnessed the long-awaited resuscitation of Greek tragedy. This production by a great theatrical reformer is a fitting response to a work by a reformer of opera. In 2006, audiences crossing the threshold of the Palais Garnier were greeted by the motionless silhouettes of the performers waiting for them on stage and seemingly holding up a strangely disturbing mirror. In Krzysztof Warlikowski’s stunning first production for the Paris Opera, the characters in the twilight of their existence are still haunted by their past.
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Iphigénie en Tauride
Opera in four acts (1779)
After Guymond de La Touche d’après Euripide
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Music :
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Libretto :
Nicolas-François Guillard
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Conductor :
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Set design :
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Costume design :
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Lighting design :
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Video :
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Choreography :
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Dramaturgy :
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Chorus master :
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Iphigénie :
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Oreste :
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Pylade :
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Thoas :
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Diane :
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Première prêtresse :
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Deuxième prêtresse :
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Une femme grecque :
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Un Scythe :
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Un ministre :
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Iphigénie (rôle muet) :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Iphigénie en Tauride - Christoph Willibald Gluck
— By In partnership with France Musique
About the work
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Krzysztof Warlikowski in images from the cinema and its ghosts
By BANDE A PART
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A tenor in the air of the times
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How Gluck revolutionised opera
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En Quête sur Iphigénie
Partners
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With the support of AROP
