Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Pittsburgh Opera continues its 2023–24 Season with Iphigénie en Tauride. Composed ...

In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the vibrancy of his vision. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from ...

In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste, Iphigénie’s own brother, who appears, having murdered their mother ...

It always seems to happen in these mythological operas. Everything seems like it’s settled, the characters’ fates are sealed, and suddenly a deus ex machina shows up to save the day. This certainly ...

A unique production is on view at the Washington National Opera, where Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Iphigenie en Tauride” uses fresh concepts of direction, choreography and lighting to give new life ...

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Star power is a remarkable thing. Gluck’s “Iphigenie en Tauride” is hardly one of opera’s greatest hits. And in the Washington National Opera’s production of it, which opened Friday night, there are a ...

Iphigenia's tortuous path to reunion with brother Orestes finally calms the chain of murders triggered by her putative sacrifice – her mother Clytemnestra's axing of Agamemnon, Orestes' revenge upon ...

Iphigenie en Tauride. Where: Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, 63rd Street and Broadway, New York. When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday and Dec. 8; 8 p.m. Wednesday and Dec. 11 ...