Organization

Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci

Conductor

Christophe Rousset

Stage director

Robert Carsen

Resumption of the staging

Christophe Gayral

Choreographer

Philippe Giraudeau

Set designer

Tobias Hoheisel

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Peter van Praet

Singer

Soprano

Hélène Carpentier

Iphigenie

Baritone

Jérôme Boutillier

Orestes

Tenor

Ben Bliss

Pylades

Bass

Pierre-Yves Pruvot

Thoas

Iryna Kyshliaruk

Diana

Sophie Boyer

Priestesses

Julien Clément

Minister of the Sanctuary

A Greek woman

Arnaud Richard

A Scythian

Opéra de Rouen Normandie

Others

accentus - Opéra de Rouen

Orchestra

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie

Les Talens Lyriques

French

Iphigénie en Tauride -  (Iphigenia in Tauris)

Rouen

France

Théâtre des Arts

Iphigénie en Tauride Gluck

Public

Iphigenia in Tauris

Approved

In his sublime and refined staging in the form of a mental space, Robert Carsen offers Gluck's lyrical tragedy a setting worthy of the work.

In Iphigénie en Aulide (1774), Gluck triumphed at the Court of Marie-Antoinette. Five years later, he resumed the mythological character for another opera: Iphigénie en Tauride. While in the first, Agamemnon's daughter is sacrificed to the gods, in the second, it is she who must consider sacrificing her own brother Orestes! Under Gluck's pen, ancient tragedy becomes a new milestone in his lyrical reform aimed at purging opera of its excesses. Overture in the form of a storm, moving airs, balance of speech and music explain the immediate success of this score which will open the way to romantics like Berlioz or Wagner. A connoisseur of Gluck, Robert Carsen restores all its power to this tragedy, illuminated by the soprano Hélène Carpentier who will make her debut in this great role.

English

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble

Co-Producer