Christie conducts Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

The goddess Diana has spared Iphigenia from a cruel fate – but now, in a remote and savage land, the young princess faces an even more terrible choice. Gluck is 18th-century opera’s forgotten revolutionary, and with its uncompromising emotions and dramatic power his 1779 tragedy Iphigénie en Tauride inspired composers from Mozart to Berlioz. In 2001, for the Zurich Opera, director Claus Guth and 18th-century music specialist William Christie stripped it back to its timeless, mythic essentials. Juliette Galstian and Rodney Gilfry head a hand-picked cast in a period-inspired staging charged with ritual, grandeur and unchained passion.

Soloists: 

Juliette Galstian (Mezzo-Soprano), Rodney Gilfry (Baritone), Deon Van Der Walt (Tenor), Anton Scharinger (Bass), Martina Janková (Soprano), Michael Mrosek (Baritone), Lisa Lorenz (Soprano), Eleanor Paunović (Alto), Anna Soranno (Soprano), Thomas Pütz (Tenor)

Ensembles: 

Orchestra La Scintilla, Chor des Opernhauses Zürich, Ballettschule für das Opernhaus Zürich

Conductor: 

William Christie