| Description |
2 videodiscs (299 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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LPCM stereo DTS 5.1 |
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wide screen 16:9 |
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DVD video NTSC |
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DVD Region 0 |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Note |
1st work: Tragédie in 3 acts; libretto by Marie François Louis Gand Leblanc du Roullet after the play by Racine (after Euripedes). 2nd work: Tragédie in 4 acts; libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, after the play by Latouche (after Euripedes). |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Iphigénie en Aulide: Véronique Gens (Iphigénie) ; Salomé Haller (Diane) ; Nicolas Testé (Agamemnon) ; Anne Sofie von Otter (Clytemnestre) ; Frédéric Antoun (Achille) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble ; Marc Minkowski, conductor. |
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Iphigénie en Tauride: Mireille Delunsch (Iphigénie) ; Laurent Alvaro (Thoas) ; Jean-François Lapointe (Oreste) ; Yann Beuron (Pylade) ; Salomé Haller (Diane) ; supporting soloists ; Chorus of De Nederlandse Opera ; Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble ; Marc Minkowski, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage director, Pierre Audi; set design, Michael Simon; costume design, Anna Eiermann; lighting design, Jean Kalman; dramaturgy, Klaus Bertisch ; directed for the screen by Misjel Vermeiren. |
| Event |
Recorded in performance 2011 September Muziektheater, Amsterdam. |
| System Details |
DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Note |
Extra features: cast galleries; behind the scenes documentaries (38 min.). |
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Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (23 pages ; illustrations) inserted in container. |
| Summary |
Iphigénie en Aulide is based on the classic Greek story of Iphigenia, whose father was ordered to offer her up as a human sacrifice to appease the gods. In Gluck's opera the gods have second thoughts, and Iphigénie is banished to Tauris, where 15 years later Iphigénie en Tauride begins. She is now Diana's high priestess, unaware of her family's tragic events within the past 15 years. It is her job to sacrifice any strangers. Her brother Oreste and his friend Pylade are shipwrecked and Iphigénie spends the rest of the opera trying to avoid sacrificing them before Diana comes to her rescue. |
| Language |
Sung in French, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Dutch and Korean. |
| Subject |
Iphigenia (Mythological character) -- Drama.
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Iphigenia (Mythological character) |
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Drama.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Filmed performances.
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Filmed performances.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786, librettist.
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Guillard, Nicolas François, 1752-1814, librettist.
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Gens, Véronique, singer.
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Haller, Salomé, singer.
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Testé, Nicolas, singer.
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Otter, Anne Sofie von, singer.
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Antoun, Frédéric, singer.
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Delünsch, Mireille, singer.
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Alvaro, Laurent, singer.
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Lapointe, Jean-François, 1965- singer.
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Beuron, Yann, singer.
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Minkowski, Marc, conductor.
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Audi, Pierre, stage director.
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Simon, Michael, 1958- set designer.
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Eiermann, Anna, 1956- costume designer.
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Kalman, Jean, lighting designer.
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Bertisch, Klaus, dramaturge.
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Vermeiren, Misjel, video director.
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Libretto based on (work): Racine, Jean, 1639-1699.
Iphigénie.
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Libretto based on (work): Guimond de la Touche, Claude, 1723-1760.
Iphigénie en Tauride.
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Libretto based on (work): Euripides.
Iphigenia in Aulis.
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Libretto based on (work): Euripides.
Iphigenia in Tauris.
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Container of (work): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Iphigénie en Aulide.
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Container of (work): Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
Iphigénie en Tauride.
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Nederlands Operakoor, performer.
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Musiciens du Louvre, performer.
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| Standard No. |
809478010999 |
| Music No. |
OA 1099 D Opus Arte |
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