Iphigénie en tauride at Opéra National De Paris - Palais Garnier
Dates: (12/2/2016 - 12/25/2016 )
Opéra National De Paris - Palais Garnier |
Place de l’Opéra
Paris,Île-de-France 75009
Phone: +33 (0)1 71 25 24 23
Running Time: 2h20 with 1 interval
SUBMIT UPDATES
In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste, Iphigénie’s own brother, who appears, having murdered their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge the death of their father Agamemnon: such is the accursed lineage of the Atrides, condemned for generations to inflict death after death… Will this chain of hereditary bloodletting be perpetuated by Iphigénie? In 1779 Gluck’s score for Iphigénie en Tauride seemed to inspire a new emotion – neither completely theatrical nor altogether operatic – in which his contemporaries believed they had witnessed the long-awaited resuscitation of Greek tragedy. This production by a great theatrical reformer is a fitting response to a work by a reformer of opera. In 2006, audiences crossing the threshold of the Palais Garnier were greeted by the motionless silhouettes of the performers waiting for them on stage and seemingly holding up a strangely disturbing mirror. In Krzysztof Warlikowski’s stunning first production for the Paris Opera, the characters in the twilight of their existence are still haunted by their past.
Cast and Creative team for Iphigénie en tauride at Opéra National De Paris - Palais Garnier
Music
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto
Nicolas-François Guillard
After Guymond de La Touche d’après Euripide
In French
Conductor
Bertrand de Billy
Director
Krzysztof Warlikowski
Iphigénie
Véronique Gens
Oreste
Étienne Dupuis
Pylade
Stanislas de Barbeyrac
Thoas
Thomas Johannes Mayer
Diane
Ruzan Mantashyan
Première prêtresse (acte I)
Ruzan Mantashyan
Première prêtresse
Adriana Gonzalez
Deuxième prêtresse
Emanuela Pascu
Une femme grecque
Emanuela Pascu
Un Scythe
Tomasz Kumiega
Un ministre
Tomasz Kumiega
Iphigénie (rôle muet)
Renate Jett
Set design
Malgorzata Szczesniak
Costume design
Malgorzata Szczesniak
Lighting design
Felice Ross
Video
Denis Guéguin
Choreography
Claude Bardouil
Dramaturgy
Miron Hakenbeck
Chorus master
Alessandro Di Stefano
Videos
Recommended For You
Get France's #1 Newsletter
Get the best news & discounts for France & beyond.
