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Gluck: Iphigenie En Aulide, Iphigenie En Tauride / Minkowski, Gens, Delunsch [Blu-ray]
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Gluck: Iphigenie En Aulide, Iphigenie En Tauride / Minkowski, Gens, Delunsch [Blu-ray]
Conductor: Marc Minkowski | Composer(s): Christoph W. Gluck | Directors: Pierre Audi, Misjel Vermejren | Performer(s): Anne Sofie von Otter, Véronique Gens, Salome Haller, Nicolas Testé | Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre | Label: Opus Arte | Blu-ray | Picture format: 1080i High Definition | Sound format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS 5.1 | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 267 minutes | 43.4 GB
Language(s): French | Subtitle(s): English, French, German, Dutch, Korean
Recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera, September 2011
Conductor: Marc Minkowski | Composer(s): Christoph W. Gluck | Directors: Pierre Audi, Misjel Vermejren | Performer(s): Anne Sofie von Otter, Véronique Gens, Salome Haller, Nicolas Testé | Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre | Label: Opus Arte | Blu-ray | Picture format: 1080i High Definition | Sound format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS 5.1 | File host: Share-online.biz | 5% recovery record + 1 .rev file | Run time: 267 minutes | 43.4 GB
Language(s): French | Subtitle(s): English, French, German, Dutch, Korean
Recorded live at De Nederlandse Opera, September 2011
Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of the Greek King, Agamemnon. Will he sacrifice Iphigenia in order to secure fair winds for his voyage to Troy? In Aulis, the drama rages until she is spared. Having escaped to Tauris, Iphigenia finds herself compelled to kill her own brother before, once more, the fickle gods intervene. Gluck's operatic settings are very rarely staged together, but Pierre Audi's production makes a darkly compelling case for their dramatic unity. All the lead performers here are experienced exponents of Gluck, and together they present a powerfully idiomatic experience.
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CAST
Iphigénie – Véronique Gens
Diane – Salomé Haller
Agamemnon – Nicolas Testé
Clytemnestre – Anne Sofie von Otter
Iphigénie en Tauride
Iphigénie – Mireille Delunsch
Thoas – Laurent Alvaro
Oreste – Jean-François Lapointe
Pylade – Yann Beuron
Diane – Salomé Haller
Netherlands Opera Chorus
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble
Marc Minkowski, conductor
Pierre Audi, stage director
REVIEW
Both sopranos sing magnificently. Performance **** Picture & Sound **** Extras *** --BBC Music Magazine, Awards issue'13
Gluck's two Iphigenies have been virtually ignored on DVD. How marvellous to have both in a single release, with each opera offering much to savour. --IRR, Apr'13
Minkowski conducts superbly…Buy this wonderful set. GRAMOPHONE CHOICE --Gramophone, May'13
Works on This Recording
1.
Iphigénie en Aulide by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter (Mezzo Soprano), Véronique Gens (Soprano), Salome Haller (Soprano), Nicolas Testé (Bass)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Classical
Written: 1772-1774; Vienna, Austria
2.
Iphigénie en Tauride by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer: Yann Beuron (Tenor), Mireille Delunsch (Soprano), Laurent Alvaro (Baritone), Jean Francois Lapointe (Voice), Salome Haller (Soprano)
Conductor: Marc Minkowski
Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus, Les Musiciens du Louvre
Period: Classical
Written: 1778-1779; Vienna, Austria
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