Discover some moments from the show directed by Wajdi Mouawad and conducted by Louis Langrée and Théotime Langlois de Swarte in pictures.
This selection of images captures the tension of the myth and the coherence between the singing, the movement and the stage space. A visual and auditory immersion into the heart of Gluck's work, to be discovered before 12 November.
Extracts from the show
Iphigénie en Tauride | Les extraits
Pictures
With
Musical direction, Louis Langrée and Théotime Langlois de Swarte • Stage direction, Wajdi Mouawad • With Tamara Bounazou, Theo Hoffman, Philippe Talbot, Jean-Fernand Setti, Léontine Maridat-Zimmerlin, Fanny Soyer, Lysandre Châlon, Anthony Roullier • Choir, Les Eléments • Orchestra, Le Consort
Lyric tragedy in four acts | Libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard | First performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (Paris) on 18 May 1779.
Immerse yourself in the embodiment of myth through this new production by Wajdi Mouawad for the Opéra-Comique, set to music by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Gluck's lyric tragedy takes us into a world of fury, quest and redemption.