Iphigénie en Tauride (1779 and 1781) by Gluck - score and audio sample

Title

Iphigénie en Tauride (1779 and 1781) by Gluck - score and audio sample
Iphigenie auf Tauris

Creator

Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), composer
Nicolas-François Guillard (1752 - 1814), librettist

Contributor

Johann Baptist von Alxinger (1781 libretto translated and adapted by)

Publisher

In Paris: at the office of the Journal de musique, rue Montmartre opposite that of the Vieux Augustins

Date

1779
1779 (premiered)
1779 (published)
1781 (German-language production)

Type

Opera

Source

Médiathèque Musicale de Paris (score)

YouTube clip - Zurich Opera House - William Christie, conductor - 2001
https://youtu.be/NT1R3svWAOU?t=1406

Is Referenced By

Gallica
GluckGesamtausgabe

Abstract

One of the earliest accounts triangle being written for and used in an opera orchestra.

Premiered at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on May 18, 1779.

Instrumentation: Iphigénie (Dessus), Thoas (Basse), Oreste (Basse-taille), Pylade (Haute-contre), première Prêtresse (Dessus), deuxième Prêtresse (Dessus), un Scythe (Basse), un Ministre (Basse), une Femme Grecque (Dessus), Diane (Dessus), chœurs des Prêtresses, des Scythes, des Euménides et Démons, des Gardes de Thoas, des Grecs à la suite de Pilade; bottle picc.I/II, Fl.I/II, Ob.I/II, Clar.I/II, Fg.I/II; Cor.I/II, Trbe.I/II, Trbni.I/II/III; Timp., Tam., Piatti, Trgl.; Archi

A German-language production was produced in 1781 with the same instrumentation.

GluckGesamtausgabe catalogs the 1779 version as GluckWV 1.48 and the 1781 version as GluckWV 1.50

Rights Holder

Public Domain
YouTube T&Cs

Comments

Allowed tags: <p>, <a>, <em>, <strong>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>

Geolocation

Collection

Citation

Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714 - 1787), composer and Nicolas-François Guillard (1752 - 1814), librettist , “Iphigénie en Tauride (1779 and 1781) by Gluck - score and audio sample,” The Triangle Research Hub, accessed May 16, 2024, https://triangleresearchhub.omeka.net/items/show/2304.