Iphigénie en Tauride discography

This is a discography of Iphigénie en Tauride, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, first performed at the Paris Opéra on May 18, 1779.

Audio

Year Cast
(following this order:
Iphigénie, Thoas, Oreste, Pylade,
First priestess, Second priestess,
A Scythian, The temple minister,
A Greek woman, Diane)
Conductor,
Orchestra and Chorus
Label
1952 Patricia Neway,
Robert Massard,
Pierre Mollet,
Léopold Simoneau,
Arlette Roche
Ann-Marie Carpenter
Georges Abdoun
Robert Lamande
Simone Codinas
Micheline Rolle
Carlo Maria Giulini,
Orchestra and chorus of the Conservatoire de Paris
(live performance)
CD:
  • MDV Classics
    Cat: [800]
1956 Hilde Zadek,
Marcel Cordes,
Hermann Prey,
Nicolai Gedda,
Brigitte Kaltwasser
Elly Volkenrath
Herbert Beil
Friedrich Himmelmann
Claire Breske
Ilse Wallenstein
Joseph Keilberth,
Orchestra and chorus of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk
(live performance in German)
CD:
  • Capriccio
    Cat: C 5005
1957 Maria Callas,
Anselmo Colzani,
Dino Dondi,
Francesco Albanese,
Stefania Malagù
Eva Perotti
Franco Piva
Costantino Ego
Edith Martelli
Fiorenza Cossotto,
Nino Sanzogno,
Orchestra and chorus of La Scala, Milan
(live performance in Italian)
CD:
  • Melodram
    Cat: CDM 2.6012;
  • EMI
    Cat: 565 451-2;
  • Divina Records
    Cat: DVN 11;
  • Opera d'Oro
    Cat: OPD 1348;
  • Myto «Historical»
    Cat: 00139
1961 Montserrat Caballé,
Paul Schöffler,
Raymond Wolansky,
Jean Cox,
Susana Matos
María Andrea Gaspar
not stated (a Scythian)
Walter Hagner
Maria Teresa Dinis Sampaio
Natália Viana
Antonio de Almeida,
Chorus and orchestra of the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon
(live performance of Richard Strauss' edition in German)

LP:

  • Voce
    Cat: 31
1964 Régine Crespin,
Victor De Narké
Robert Massard,
Guy Chauvet,
Carmen De La Mata
Africa De Retes
Gui Gallardo
Ricardo Yost
María Altamura
Marta Benegas
Georges Sébastian,
Orchestra and chorus of the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires
(live performance)
CD:
  • Le Chant du Monde
    Cat: LDC 278 769;
  • Gala
    Cat: GL 100.595
1965 Sena Jurinac,
Kieth Engen,
Hermann Prey,
Fritz Wunderlich,
Marjorie Heistermann (only a priestess is stated)
Karl Kreile
not stated (the temple minister)
not stated (a Greek woman)
Antonia Fahberg
Rafael Kubelík,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Munich
(live performance in German)

CD:

  • Myto records
    Cat: 91544
1974 Marilyn Horne,
Zoltán Kéléman,
Richard Stilwell,
Werner Hollweg,
Gioia Antonini Calè
Benedetta Pecchioli
Robert Amis El Hage
Teodoro Rovetta
Mariana Nicolesco
Mariana Nicolesco
Henry Lewis,
RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Turin
(recording of a performance broadcast)
CD:
  • Bella Voce
    Cat: BLV 107241
1983 Pilar Lorengar,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau,
Walton Grönroos,
Franco Bonisolli,
Alma Jean Smith
Susanne Klare
John Janssen
David Cumberland
Carmen Anhorn
Angelika Nowski
Lamberto Gardelli,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Munich

CD:

  • Orfeo
    Cat: C 052833 H
1986 Diana Montague,
René Massis
Thomas Allen,
John Aler,
Nancy Argenta
Sophie Boulin
René Schirrer
René Schirrer
Danièlle Borst
Colette Alliot-Lugaz
John Eliot Gardiner,
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon
CD:
  • Philips
    Cat:
    • 416 148-2
    • PHCP 1392-3
    • 476 171-2
  • Decca «Originals»
    Cat.: 478 1705
1992 Carol Vaness,
Giorgio Surian,
Thomas Allen,
Gösta Winbergh,
Anna Zorobert
Michela Remor
Angelo Veccia
Enrico Turco
Svetla Krasteva
Sylvie Brunet
Riccardo Muti,
Orchestra and chorus of La Scala, Milan
(live performance)
CD:
1999 Mireille Delunsch,
Laurent Naouri,
Simon Keenlyside,
Yann Beuron,
Claire Delgado-Boge
Nicki Kennedy
Laurent Alvaro
Laurent Alvaro
Michelle Norman-Webb
Alexia Cousin
Marc Minkowski,
Les Musiciens du Louvre, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Paris
(recorded live at Radio France Studios)
CD:
1999 Christine Goerke,
Stephen Salters
Rodney Gilfry,
Vinson Cole,
Sharon Baker
Jayne West
Mark Andrew Cleveland
Mark Risinger
Sharon Baker
Jayne West
Martin Pearlman,
Boston Baroque orchestra and chorus, Worcester (MA)
CD:
2000 Susan Graham,
Philippe Rouillon,
Thomas Hampson,
Paul Groves,
Christiane Kohl,
Astrid Hofer,
Patrick Arnaud,
Walter Zeh,
Elena Nebeera,
Ol’ga Šalaeva
Ivor Bolton,
Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg and Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus, Salzburg Festival
(live performance at the Residenzhof)
CD:
  • Orfeo
    Cat: C 563 012

Video

Year Cast
(following this order:
Iphigénie, Thoas, Oreste, Pylade,
First priestess, Second priestess,
A Scythian, The temple minister,
A Greek woman, Diane)
Conductor,
Orchestra and Chorus,
Director
Label
2001 Juliette Galstian,
Anton Scharinger,
Rodney Gilfry,
Deon van der Walt,
Lisa Lorenz
Eleanor Paunovic
Michael Mrosek
Thomas Pütz
Anna Soranno,
Martina Janková
William Christie,
Zurich Opera's orchestra La Scintilla and chorus,
Claus Guth
DVD:
  • Arthaus
    Cat: 100 376
  • Kultur
    Cat: D 2939
2011 Susan Graham,
Gordon Hawkins,
Plácido Domingo,
Paul Groves,
Lei Xu,
Cecelia Hall,
David Won,
not stated (temple minister),
not stated (a Greek woman),
Julie Boulianne
Patrick Summers,
Metropolitan Opera,
(live recording, February 26, 2011)[1]
Stephen Wadsworth
Streaming video in HD: Met Opera on Demand[2]
2013 Mireille Delunsch,
Laurent Alvaro,
Jean-François Lapointe,
Yann Beuron,
Simone Riksman
Rosanne van Sandwijk
Peter Arink
Harry Teeuwen
not stated (a Greek woman),
Salomé Haller
Marc Minkowski,
Les Musiciens du Louvre and Amsterdam De Nederlandse Opera's chorus,
(live recording, September 2011, at Muziektheater, Amsterdam)
Pierre Audi
DVD:
  • Opus Arte
    Cat: BD7115 D

References

  1. ^ CID: 356065 Archived 2020-06-21 at the Wayback Machine, Met Opera Archive.
  2. ^ Iphigénie (2011) at Met Opera on Demand.
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