The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride

Synopsis

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.)

Main Cast

Susan Graham

Iphigénie

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Plácido Domingo

Orest

Age : 83 | Popularity : 7%

Paul Groves

Pylade

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Gordon Hawkins

Thoas

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Julie Boulianne

Diane

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jacqueline Antaramian

Clytemnestre

Age : 61 | Popularity : 5%

Rob Besserer

Agamemnon

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Natalie Dessay

Self - Host

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Matiki Anoff Tom Watson
	Costume Designer	Martin Pakledinaz
	Wigmaker	Tom Watson
	Wardrobe Supervisor	William Malloy
Writing	Original Story	Euripides Guymond de la Touche
	Writer	Nicolas-François Guillard
Production	Executive Producer	Peter Gelb
	Producer	Louisa Briccetti Victoria Warivonchik
	Supervising Producer	Mia Bongiovanni Elena Park
Sound	Music Producer	Jay David Saks
	Original Music Composer	Christoph Willibald Gluck
	Conductor	Patrick Summers
	Sound Supervisor	Bill King
Art	Set Designer	Thomas Lynch
	Production Design	Stephen Wadsworth
Directing	Director	Barbara Willis Sweete
Lighting	Lighting Design	Neil Peter Jampolis
Crew	Dramaturgy	Paul Cremo
	Technical Supervisor	Ron Washburn
	Choreographer	Daniel Pelzig
Department	Role	Name

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