Iphigénie en Tauride (Desmarets and 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
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
- ^ 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.
- alto clef, and, in the numerous revivals of this opera, it was to be always performed by the principal hautes-contre of the company
- ^ Henri Desmarest and André Campra - Iphigénie en Tauride (1704): Album release in 2025
- Sources
- Original libretto: Iphigénie en Tauride, Tragédie, Représentée pour la prémiere fois par l'Academie Royale de Musique, Le Mardi sixiéme jour de May 1704, Paris, Ballard, 1704 (accessible for free online at Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
- 1711 printed score: Iphigénie en Tauride , tragedie mise en musique par Messieurs Desmarets, & Campra ; représentée pour la premiere fois par l'Academie royale de musique, le mardy sixiéme jour de may 1704. Remise au théatre le douziéme mars 1711, Paris, Ballard, 1711 (accessible for free online at Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France)
- The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
- Le magazine de l'opéra baroque, page: Iphigénie en Tauride, accessed 2 November 2009
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Iphigénie en Tauride, 6 May 1704". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).