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Iphigenie en Tauride

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Gluck's opera to a text by Nicolas-Francois Guillard in a performance given at the Theatre Municipal, Lausanne
Sung in French
Theatre Municipal Opera Chorus
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Louis Langree

Acts 1 and 2

8.00 Iphigenia: Metamorphosis of a Myth
Sacrificed, transformed into a doe, stranded in a barbarian land - why was the myth of Iphigenia reinvented in the ancient world? Written and presented by Edith Hall, Lecturer in Classics at Reading University.

8.20 Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Composer:
Wilhelm Gluck
Text:
Nicolas-Francois Guillard
Singers:
Theatre Municipal Opera Chorus
Musicians:
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Louis Langree
Iphigenia:
Audrey Michael (sop)
Orestes:
Simon Keenlyside (bar)
Pylades:
Marek Torzewski (tenor)
Thoas:
Rene Massis (bass)
Diana:
Sharon Coste (soprano)
First priestess:
Anne-Veronique Mermier (sop)
Second priestess:
Myriam Parma (soprano)
Scythian I Minister:
Alain Bertschy (bass)
Writer/Presenter (Iphigenia:
Metamorphosis of a Myth): Edith Hall
Source: Radio Times

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