Iphigénie en Tauride
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The eighteenth century German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck strove for the ideal of pairing poetry - in its purest form - with operatic score, an end he came closest to achieving with his 1779 opera Iphigeneia in Tauris (Iphigénie en Tauride). The story recounts the nearly fatal brother-sister relationship, its ultimate reconciliation, and the eventual Scythian-Greek truce as achieved by the intervening hand of the goddess Diana. The home video release Iphigenie en Tauride contains a film of a live performance of the work, as mounted by the Opernhaus Zurich in 2001. Claus Guth directs for the stage, with a cast that includes Juliette Galstian as Iphigenia, Rodney Gilfry as Orestes and Martina Janková as Diana. The Zurich Opera's Orchestra La Scintilla and the Chorus of the Opernhaus Zurich provide musical accompaniment.
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William Christie
Self - Conductor
Also in
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland
Hippolyte and Aricie
Juliette Galstian
Iphigénie
Also in
Paisiello Nina
Thomas Grimm
Bernhard Fleischer
Claus Guth
Nicolas-François Guillard
Eleanor Paunovic
Second Pristess
No other roles listed
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Michaela Noa
Rodney Gilfry
Oreste
Also in
The Marriage of Figaro
Mozart: Don Giovanni (Zurich Opera House)
Michael Mrosek
Scythian
No other roles listed
Deon van der Walt
Pylades
Also in
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
La Belle Hélène
Thomas Grimm Director · Claus Guth Director Christoph Willibald Gluck Writer
Worldwide gross $14K · First release April 24, 2001 · Produced in Switzerland
Box office
Worldwide gross
$14,139
Production
Arthaus Musik
Production · Distribution
Opernhaus Zürich
Production
BR
Production
3sat
Production
NHK
Production · Distribution
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Production
RM Associates
Production
Special Broadcasting Service (SBS)
Production
Switzerland
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 24, 2001
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No release date listed for United States.
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