Christoph Willibald Gluck

IPHIGENIE AUF TAURIS

contemporary opera 16

May 14., Sunday 19:00

Hungarian State Opera
Tickets

Opera in three parts, in German with Hungarian, English, and German subtitles

After visiting Aulis, star actress of Greek road movie winds up in Tauris. Star’s brother – unrecognised fordramaturgical reasons – also shows up with his amigo. Awkward discourse reveals that he had killed their mother in retaliation for murdering the father of both children (and mother’s husband). Further intensifying a plotline typical of families in Greek mythology, Title Character is about to kill brother when amigo arrives with a handy warship. Siblings flee to Mycenae, leaving everyone waiting for the sequel.

Details

Location
Hungarian State Opera
Date
May 14, 2023
Start time
7 p.m.
End time
10 p.m.
Composer
Christoph Willibald Gluck Richard Strauss
Librettist
Nicolas-Francois Guillard Richard Strauss
Hungarian subtitles
Nóra Wellmann
English subtitles
Adrian Courage
Director
Róbert Alföldi
Costume designer
Róbert Menczel
Costume designer
Fruzsina Nagy
Choir Master
Gábor Csiki

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