Iphigénie en Tauride (Desmarets and Campra)

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André Campra

Iphigénie en Tauride (English: Iphigeneia in Tauris) is an opera by the

Iphigeneia in Tauris
.

Performance history

Iphigénie was first performed by the

Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 6 May 1704 with Françoise Journet as Iphigénie and Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard
as Oreste. It was coolly received at first, but enjoyed several revivals in the 18th century, the last being in 1762.

Roles

Cover of the original libretto of Iphigenie en Tauride (1696)


Role Voice type Premiere cast, 6 May 1704
L'ordonnateur des jeux/L'Océan basse-taille (bass-baritone) Charles Hardouin
Diane dessus (soprano) Julie d'Aubigny, known as La Maupin[1]
An inhabitant of Délos haute-contre Jean Boutelou
Iphigénie dessus Mlle Desmatins
Électre dessus Mlle Armand
Oreste basse-taille Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard
Pylade haute-contre M Poussin[2]
Triton haute-contre Pierre Chopelet
Thoas bass Jean Dun (père)
Isménide dessus Mlle Bataille
Le grand sacrificateur taille (baritenor) Louis Mantienne

Recordings

Complete recording scheduled by

Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 2025 under Hervé Niquet.[3]

References

Notes
  1. ^ Mlle Maupin is commonly reported to have been the only major bas-dessus (mezzo-soprano/contralto) in the history of French opera in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; in the 1711 printed score, however, the part of Diane is notated in the soprano clef.
  2. alto clef
    , and, in the numerous revivals of this opera, it was to be always performed by the principal hautes-contre of the company
  3. ^ Henri Desmarest and André Campra - Iphigénie en Tauride (1704): Album release in 2025
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