Iphigenie en Tauride

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Performance Date: October 10, 2007

Running Time: 7:00-9:30 p.m.; one intermission

Available Tickets: 45

Music: Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Libretto: Francois Guillard

Source: Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris (412 BCE)

Place: Ancient Crimea

Time: Antiquity

First Performance: Paris, May 18, 1779

Language: French

Story: Supposedly-dead sister reunites with her long-lost brother and his best friend, bringing an endless saga of middle-eastern conflict to and end.

Special Note: This production of Iphigenie en Tauride is a joint effort between Seattle Opera and the Metropolitan Opera of New York and marks the first time the two companies have worked together. After premiering in Seattle in October, the production will then travel to New York where it opens in late November.

Recommended Reading:

• Euripides – Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia in Tauris, Electra
• Aeschylus – The Oresetia
• Sophocles – Electra
• Homer – The Iliad

Recommended Recording:

• Philips: John Eliot Gardiner; Montague, Allen,, Aler, Massis; Orchestre de L’Opera de Lyon (re-released 2004)