Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

Jurinac, Massard, Bonhomme, Knight, Allen; Gardiner. London, 1973

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Iphigénie en Tauride

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)


DESCRIPTION

Iphigénie en Tauride was not necessarily a newly rediscovered work by 1973, following Maria Callas's reintroduction of it to the opera-going public in the 1950s. What makes this performance especially interesting is its shift toward a more faithful approach to the score under the direction of John Eliot Gardiner. Gardiner eschews romantic conventions and returns the work squarely to its classical roots without shortchanging Gluck's gifts as a composer for the stage.

Sena Jurinac, in the title role, brings monumental stature and sublime vocalism, even if her ample soprano does not entirely convey the youth of the doomed princess. Robert Massard brings nobility and high drama to the role of Oreste.


CAST

Iphigénie – Sena Jurinac
Oreste – Robert Massard
Pylade – Jean Bonhomme
Thoas – Robert Bickerstaff
Diana – Gillian Knight
Greek Woman – Sydna Withington
1st Priestess – Susan Lees
2nd Priestess – Enid Hartle
Servant – William Elvin
Scythian – Thomas Allen


DETAILS

Location: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Date: 1973
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
Catalogue Number: OD 12374-2
Label: Opera Depot
Number of Discs: 2
In Mono

Track List

Act I

1. Introduction
2. Grands Dieux! soyez-nous secourables
3. Ô songe affreux! nuit effroyable
4. Ô toi qui prolongeas mes jours
5. Dieux! le malheur en tous lieux suit mes pas
6. De noirs pressentiments mon âme intimidée
7. Ballet
8. Malheureux! Quel dessein à vous-mêmes contraire

Act II

9. Quel silence effrayant!
10. Dieux qui me poursuivez
11. Unis dès la plus tendre enfance
12. Dieux protecteurs... Le calme rentre dans mon coeur!
13. Vengeons et la nature
14. Ô malheureuse Iphigénie!

Act III

15. Je cède à vos désirs... D'une image, hélas! trop chérie
16. Je pourrais du tyran tromper la barbarie
17. Et tu prétends encore que tu m'aimes
18. Ah! mon ami, j'implore ta pitié!
19. Divinité des grandes âmes

Act IV

20. Non, cet affreux devoir... Je t'implore et je tremble
21. Ô Diane, sois-nous propice
22. Chaste fille de Latone
23. Les Dieux, longtemps en courroux

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