The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride

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The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride

Gluck’s gripping adaptation of the ancient Greek myth is vividly brought to life by a stellar cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s atmospheric production. Oreste is driven by the Furies to atone for killing his mother Clytemnestre. When he and his companion Pylade are shipwrecked on the island of Tauride, the king Thoas demands they be sacrificed. At the center of the drama is Iphigénie, Oreste’s long-lost sister. Forced to live among her enemies, she holds the lives of the captives in her hands—unaware that one of them is her brother. (Iphigénie en Tauride is performed in an adaptation of the 1779 Paris version edited by Gerhard Croll, by arrangement with Bärenreiter.)

Release Date

2011-02-26

Year

2011

Duration

1h 55m

Status

Released

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Cast

Susan Graham

Susan Graham

Iphigénie

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Orest

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Paul Groves

Pylade

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Gordon Hawkins

Thoas

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Julie Boulianne

Diane

Jacqueline Antaramian

Jacqueline Antaramian

Clytemnestre

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Rob Besserer

Agamemnon

Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay

Self - Host

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Lei Xu

First Priestess

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Cecelia Hall

Second Priestess