Organization

Conductor

Antony Walker

Stage director

Haley Stamats

Assistant Conductor

Glenn Lewis

Director of Musical Studies

Mark Trawka

Singer

Soprano

Emily Richter

Iphigenie

Baritone

Brandon Bell

Orestes

Julia Swan Laird

A Greek woman

Diana

Jazmine Olwalia

Priestesses

Bass

Evan Lazdowski

Thoas

Tenor

A Scythian

Pittsburgh Opera

Orchestra

Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra

Fran Daniel Laucerica

Pylades

Pianist

James Lesniak

Fraincis

Iphigénie en Tauride -  (Iphigenia in Tauris)

Pittsburgh

United States

CAPA Theater

Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck

Public

Iphigenia in Tauris

Béarla

Approved

as ORESTE in Iphigenie

Either Pylade (Fran Daniel Laucerica) or Oreste (Brandon Bell) must be sacrificed as an offering to the gods. Here, each wants to die to save the other.

Pittsburgh Opera presents "Iphigénie en Tauride"

Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard 
Edited for the Gluck Complete Edition by Gerhard Croll Used by arrangement with the European Music Distributors Company, U.S. and Canadian agent for Baerenreiter-Verlag, publisher and copyright owner.

CAST (in order of vocal appearance):
Iphigénie                            Emily Richter*
First Priestess / Diana     Julia Swan Laird*
Second Priestess              Jazmine Olwalia*
Thoas, King of Scythia     Evan Lazdowski*
Scythian                             Joshua Mulkey
Pylade                                 Fran Daniel Laucerica*
Oreste                                 Brandon Bell*
Minister / High Priest     David Scoville

THE ARTISTIC TEAM:
Conductor                         Antony Walker
Stage Director                   Haley Stamats*
Set Designer                      Johnmichael Bohach+
Costume Designer           Laura Riviere+
Lighting & Projection Designer Tláloc López-Watermann
Hair and Makeup Designer Travis Klingler
Assistant Conductor        Glenn Lewis
Director of Musical Studies/Chorus Master Mark Trawka
Associate Coach/Pianist James Lesniak
Stage Manager                 Virginia Tipps
Fight Director                    Tonya R. Lynn
Assistant Fight Director Anne Rematt
Assistant Stage Manager Claire Young 
+
+ Pittsburgh Opera debut
* Pittsburgh Opera Resident Artist

Scenery, props, and costumes constructed by Pittsburgh Opera

ORCHESTRA:

VIOLIN I
Anne Moskal, Acting Concertmaster 
Jennifer Madge, Acting Assistant Concertmaster 
Sara Schaft 
Rochelle Agnew 
Gabrielle Faetini 
Sarah Gudbaur 

VIOLIN II 
Mary Beth Schotting , Acting Principal 
Juan C. Jaramillo , Acting Assistant Principal 
Kerry Broker 
Jonathan R. Moser 

VIOLA
Jennifer Gerhard Mangone, Principal
Louise Farbman, Assistant Principal 

CELLO
Kathleen Melucci, Principal
Paula Tuttle, Acting Assistant Principal
Joseph Bishkoff 

BASS
Jeffrey T. Mangone, Sr., Principal 
FLUTE/PICCOLO 
Barbara O’Brien, Principal

OBOE
Robert Driscoll, Jr., Principal
Cynthia Anderson

CLARINET
Mary Beth Skaggs Malek, Principal
Alix Reinhardt

BASSOON
Linda Morton Fisher, Principal

HORN
Evan Geiger, Principal
Sheryl Hadeka

TRUMPET
Christopher Wilson, Principal
Karen Lee Sloneker

TROMBONE
John Sebastian Vera, Principal
Taylor Jones
Glenn Wayland

PERCUSSION/TIMPANI
Jan Fung , Principal
Thomas Milchick

KEYBOARD
Mark Trawka

LIBRARIAN
Eleanor Cameron

PERSONNEL MANAGER
Kristen Martin

The Musicians of the Pittsburgh Opera Orchestra employed in this production are members of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada.

CHORUS
 
SOPRANO
Adrianna Cleveland
Katy Shackleton-Williams

ALTO
Thespina Christulides
Loghan Bazan

TENOR
Andrew Bloomgarden
David Scoville

BASS
Tim Marquette
Joshua Mulkey

The Principal Artists, Choristers, and Production Staff employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists.

SUPERNUMERARIES
Adam Rutledge - Fight Captain
Andy Hickly
Eric Barvinchack
Mason Dowd

These performances are sponsored in part by The Gailliot Fund.
Season Sponsor: PNC
Tuesday Night Sponsor: Ambridge Regional Distribution & Manufacturing Center

Video by RLG Creations

Pittsburgh Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride - "Give Me back My Friend"

IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE
Music by Christoph Willibald Gluck, with a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard • January 20, 23, 26, 28, 2024
CAPA Theater

Blood is thicker…

In the aftermath of the Trojan War, the priestess Iphigénie is tasked to kill any strangers who land on Scythia’s shores. But as Fate would have it, her brother Oreste is the first to be shipwrecked on the peninsula and brought to the sacrificial altar.

The priestess believes her brother to be dead and responsible for the death of their mother. Oreste in turn believes that Iphigénie had been sacrificed to the goddess Diana by their father Agamemnon in return for favorable winds. The siblings fail to recognize each other yet Iphigénie feels a strange kinship with the ill-fated stranger. She wishes to spare him, but Oreste—driven mad by grief and guilt over his family’s compounding tragedy—welcomes death. Will they discover the truth before it is too late?

Showcasing the transition from baroque to classical opera, Christoph Gluck reimagines Euripides’ great Greek drama and reignites it in true operatic form.

English

Iphigenia in Tauris by Gluck, Ó (2024/2024), Faoi stiúir Haley Stamats,, Seoltóir Antony Walker, CAPA Theater, Pittsburgh, United States

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Caitheadh

Criú

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Físeáin

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid