Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)

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Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
tragédie lyrique
acts 4
aestheticGoal dramatic integrity
expressive music over vocal display
basedOn Iphigenia in Tauris
basedOnAuthor Euripides
cataloguedAs Gluck WV 46
catalogueNumber Wq.46
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
contains arias
ballet music
choruses
recitative
countryOfPremiere France
emphasizes dramatic continuity
orchestral expressivity
textual clarity
firstIphigeniaOperaByGluck false
genre opera seria reform
historicalSignificance key work of Gluck’s operatic reform
influenced 19th-century French opera
language French
librettist Nicolas-François Guillard
mainCharacter Iphigénie
linked to: Iphigenia

Oreste
linked to: Orestes

Pylade
Thoas
mythologicalFigureFeatured Artemis
Diana
notableAria Ô malheureuse Iphigénie
notableChorus Chœur des Scythes
operaReformPhase late French reform period
originalInstitution Paris Opéra
linked to: Paris Opera
period Classical era
premiereCity Paris
premiereDate 1779-05-18
premierePlace Paris
premiereTheatre Académie Royale de Musique
relatedWork Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck)
setting Tauris
Temple of Diana in Tauris
linked to: Temple of Diana
structure four acts
style Gluckian reform opera
subjectMatter Greek mythology
typicalPerformanceDuration approximately 100 minutes
yearOfComposition 1778
yearOfPremiere 1779

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Académie royale de musique notableWorkPremiered Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Christoph Willibald Gluck notableWork Iphigénie en Tauride
linked to: Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigenia in Tauris hasAdaptation Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
linked to: Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigenia in Tauris hasAdaptation Iphigénie en Tauride by Nicolas-François Guillard (libretto)
linked to: Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)