Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)

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opera tragédie lyrique

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Iphigénie en Tauride 1
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) canonical 1
Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck 1

Statements (48)

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 Iphigenia ⓘ
surface form: Iphigénie

Orestes ⓘ
surface form: Oreste

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

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Académie royale de musique → notableWorkPremiered → Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck → notableWork → Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie en Tauride
Iphigenia in Tauris → hasAdaptation → Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigenia in Tauris → hasAdaptation → Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iphigénie en Tauride by Nicolas-François Guillard (libretto)