Iphigénie en Tauride (2001)
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.
Directors: Thomas Grimm, Claus Guth.
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William Christie as Self - Conductor |
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Juliette Galstian as Iphigénie |
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Eleanor Paunovic as Second Pristess |
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Rodney Gilfry as Oreste |
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Michael Mrosek as Scythian |
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Deon van der Walt as Pylades |
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Thomas Pütz as Minister |
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Anton Scharinger as Thaos |
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Paul Lorenger as Oreste-Double |
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Martina Janková as Diane |
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Catherine Villiger as Iphigénie-Double |
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Anna Soranno as Greek Woman |
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Bernhard Rubin as Agamemnon-Double |
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Lisa Lorenz as First Priestess |
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Eva Zmekova as Clytemnestre-Double |
| Writing | Christoph Willibald Gluck | Writer |
| Directing | Thomas Grimm | Director |
| Writing | Nicolas-François Guillard | Writer |
| Directing | Claus Guth | Director |
