Iphigénie en Tauride (1779)

Original id:

5914

Start date:

18 May 1779

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Production notes:

Holden (p.325) describes this, the first version of Gluck's opera (composed 1778), as a tragédie lyrique in four acts.

Media of production:

Opera, musical and related genres

Languages:

French

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Iphigenia among the Taurians	Euripides
Iphigénie en Tauride	Nicolas-François Guillard (1752-1814)

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
Opéra (Paris, Île-de-France, France)		18 May, 1779	première

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Volume 2 (E-Lom)	Book	library	462
Megaro Mousikis Athinon, Periodos Exormiseos 1992-1993: Kyklos Eleni	Book	library	117; drawings of the set 122-123
Iphigénie en Tauride	Programme	archive	11, 70-73, 83ff.
The New Penguin Opera Guide	Book	library	325
The Use of Greek Tragedy in the History of Opera	Print-out	archive	85
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004	Book	library	76ff., 82, 91, 125ff.

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