Iphigénie en Aulide ; Iphigénie en Tauride / [music by] Christoph Willibald Gluck ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and the NTR.



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1st work: Tragédie in 3 acts; libretto by Marie François Louis Gand Leblanc du Roullet after the play by Racine (after Euripedes). 2nd work: Tragédie in 4 acts; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, after the play by Latouche (after Euripedes). Title from container. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (23 pages) in container. Special features include: cast galleries; behind the scenes documentaries (38 min.). Recorded in performance. 2011 September. Muziektheater, Amsterdam. Stage director, Pierre Audi ; set design, Michael Simon ; costume design, Anna Eiermann ; lighting design, Jean Kalman ; dramaturgy, Klaus Bertisch ; directed for the screen by Misjel Vermeiren. Iphigénie en Aulide: Véronique Gens (Iphigénie) ; Salomé Haller (Diane) ; Nicolas Testé (Agamemnon) ; Anne Sofie von Otter (Clytemnestre) ; Frédéric Antoun (Achille) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble ; Marc Minkowski, conductor. Iphigénie en Tauride: Mireille Delunsch (Iphigénie) ; Laurent Alvaro (Thoas) ; Jean-François Lapointe (Oreste) ; Yann Beuron (Pylade) ; Salomé Haller (Diane) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble ; Marc Minkowski, conductor. Sung in French, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Dutch and Korean.

Title
Iphigénie en Aulide ; Iphigénie en Tauride / [music by] Christoph Willibald Gluck ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and the NTR.
Artist
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, composer.
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Abstract
Iphigénie en Aulide is based on the classic Greek story of Iphigenia, whose father was ordered to offer her up as a human sacrifice to appease the gods. In Gluck's opera the gods have second thoughts, and Iphigénie is banished to Tauris, where 15 years later Iphigénie en Tauride begins. She is now Diana's high priestess, unaware of her family's tragic events within the past 15 years. It is her job to sacrifice any strangers. Her brother Oreste and his friend Pylade are shipwrecked and Iphigénie spends the rest of the opera trying to avoid sacrificing them before Diana comes to her rescue.
Year
2013
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