The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
115 mins
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.)
Paul Groves
Pylade
Gordon Hawkins
Thoas
Julie Boulianne
Diane
Rob Besserer
Agamemnon
Lei Xu
First Priestess
Cecelia Hall
Second Priestess
David Won
A Scythian Minister
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Original Music Composer
Bill King
Sound Supervisor
Neil Peter Jampolis
Lighting Design
Daniel Pelzig
Choreographer
Ron Washburn
Technical Supervisor
Paul Cremo
Dramaturgy
Louisa Briccetti
Producer
Martin Pakledinaz
Costume Designer
William Malloy
Wardrobe Supervisor
Victoria Warivonchik
Producer
Matiki Anoff
Makeup Artist
Tom Watson
Makeup Artist
Stephen Wadsworth
Production Design
Tom Watson
Wigmaker
Guymond de la Touche
Original Story
Thomas Lynch
Set Designer