Iphigénie en Tauride

Opera: Work details

Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Music title: Iphigénie en Tauride (1779)
Librettist: Nicolas-François Guillard
Work definition: Tragédie in four acts
After: After the tragedy 'Iphigénie en Tauride' by Guymond de la Touche, based on the play 'Iphigenia in Tauris' by Euripides
Language: French
World premiere: 18 May 1779, Opéra, Paris
ROH premiere: 9 May 1842, German Company under the direction of Herr Lachner from Baden
ROH company premiere: 14 September 1961, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Iphigénie en Tauride (1961) Covent Garden Opera Company (4 performances online)
Iphigénie en Tauride (2007) The Royal Opera (6 performances online)