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Iphigénie en Tauride
Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 02 October 2021
Iphigénie en Tauride
Opera Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Palais Garnier - from 14 September to 02 October 2021
2h20 with 1 interval
Language : French
Surtitle : French / English
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Opening night : 14 Sept. 2021
About
In few words:
Gluck’s last opera tragedy features three characters tormented by what modern psychology would describe as post-traumatic reactions: Iphigenia, who escaped the sacrifice demanded by her compatriots in their warring madness; Orestes, gnawed by remorse for having murdered his mother; and King Thoas, obsessed by nightmarish visions of his own death. Director Krzysztof Warlikowski transposes the work into the realms of a retirement home, where the heroine, an ageing resident, is haunted by her past. In this closed, stifling environment, characters, as legendary as they are real, confront one another to bring an end to the perpetual cycle of violence.
CHARACTERS
Iphigenia: High priestess of the goddess Diana
Orestes: Iphigenia’s brother
Pylades: A friend of Orestes
Thoas: King of Tauris
- Opening
- First part 65 mn
- Intermission 30 mn
- Second part 45 mn
- End
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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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Director :
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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, Première Prêtresse :
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Une femme grecque, Deuxième Prêtresse :
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Un Scythe, Un ministre :
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Iphigénie (comédienne) :
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Agata Buzek
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
Audio clips
Iphigénie en Tauride (saison 21/22)- Acte II (Pylade : Unis dès la plus tendre enfance)
Iphigénie en Tauride (saison 21/22)- Acte II (O malheureuse Iphigénie)
Iphigénie en Tauride (saison 21/22)- Acte (Air d'Oreste : Dieu qui me poursuivez)
About the work
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Podcast Iphigénie en Tauride
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How Gluck revolutionised opera
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En Quête sur Iphigénie
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Krzysztof Warlikowski in images from the cinema and its ghosts
By BANDE A PART
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