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Iphigénie en Tauride

Palais Garnier - from 02 to 25 December 2016

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Iphigénie en Tauride

Opera Christoph Willibald Gluck

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Palais Garnier - from 02 to 25 December 2016

2h20 with 1 interval

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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.

Iphigénie en Tauride

Opera in four acts (1779)

After Guymond de La Touche d’après Euripide
In French

Music :

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Libretto :

Nicolas-François Guillard

Conductor :

Bertrand de Billy

Director :

Krzysztof Warlikowski

Set design :

Małgorzata Szczęśniak

Costume design :

Małgorzata Szczęśniak

Lighting design :

Felice Ross

Video :

Denis Guéguin

Choreography :

Claude Bardouil

Dramaturgy :

Miron Hakenbeck

Chorus master :

Alessandro Di Stefano
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

French and English surtitles
Iphigénie :

Véronique Gens

Oreste :

Étienne Dupuis

Pylade :

Stanislas de Barbeyrac

Thoas :

Thomas Johannes Mayer

Diane :

Adriana Gonzalez

Première prêtresse :

Adriana Gonzalez

Deuxième prêtresse :

Emanuela Pascu

Une femme grecque :

Emanuela Pascu

Un Scythe :

Tomasz Kumiega

Un ministre :

Tomasz Kumiega

Iphigénie (rôle muet) :

Renate Jett

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