Iphigénie en Tauride 23 years old

The eighteenth century German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck strove for the ideal of pairing poetry - in its purest form - with operatic score, an end he came closest to achieving with his 1779 opera Iphigeneia in Tauris (Iphigénie en Tauride). The story recounts the nearly fatal brother-sister relationship, its ultimate reconciliation, and the eventual Scythian-Greek truce as achieved by the intervening hand of the goddess Diana. The home video release Iphigenie en Tauride contains a film of a live performance of the work, as mounted by the Opernhaus Zurich in 2001. Claus Guth directs for the stage, with a cast that includes Juliette Galstian as Iphigenia, Rodney Gilfry as Orestes and Martina Janková as Diana. The Zurich Opera's Orchestra La Scintilla and the Chorus of the Opernhaus Zurich provide musical accompaniment.

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Iphigénie en Tauride Cast

Name	Character
Rodney Gilfry He was 42, now 65 years old
William Christie He was 155, 76 years old when he died	as Conductor

Iphigénie en Tauride Crew

Name	Department
Thomas Grimm as Director. He was 47 (now 70) years old	Directing
Claus Guth as Director. He was 37 (now 60) years old	Directing