Chœur des Scythes
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Chœur des Scythes is a powerful and dramatic choral number depicting the fierce Scythian people in Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Tauride*.
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
choral number
ⓘ
opera chorus ⓘ |
| associatedComposerStyle | reform opera style of Gluck ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
18th-century opera
ⓘ
French opera ⓘ |
| basedOnLibrettoBy | Nicolas-François Guillard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characteristic |
dramatic
ⓘ
powerful ⓘ |
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| depicts | Scythian people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction | expresses ferocity of Scythian people ⓘ |
| genre | opera chorus ⓘ |
| hasStyle | Classical period ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| orchestration | Classical orchestra ⓘ |
| originalWorkPremiereTheatre | Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Iphigénie en Tauride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfAct | Iphigénie en Tauride (specific act varies by production) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Classical era ⓘ |
| premieredInWorkPremiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredInWorkPremiereYear | 1779 ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Iphigénie en Tauride (opera) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInOpera | depicts barbaric and warlike atmosphere of Tauris ⓘ |
| scoring | mixed chorus and orchestra ⓘ |
| setting | Tauris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces | mixed choir ⓘ |
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