Sat, 3 May 2025 20:00 Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride / Thomas Hengelbrock
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Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra / Soloists / Thomas Hengelbrock
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Sold out €15 | 29 | 58 | 84 | 98 Remaining tickets occasionally available at box office
Revenge and forgiveness
Christoph Willibald Gluck wanted his operatic music to be entirely focused on the gripping depiction of the plot. In the process, he revolutionised the overly long, extravagant baroque models. He set the ancient subject matter of »Iphigénie en Tauride« – a bloodthirsty family tragedy – to music, with finely rendered character studies that portray in gripping ways their personal inner conflicts in beautiful arias.
It is an ideal template for Thomas Hengelbrock and his ensembles, who have long been a fixture in European musical life with their synthesis of historically informed interpretations and high-energy music-making. He has invited one of the most moving soprano voices of our time to Hamburg for the starring role in this opera-themed concert: Gaëlle Arquez, who last dazzled as Carmen in the Elbphilharmonie. The plot offers her and the other singers ample opportunity to perform across the full range of emotions.
King Agamemnon was once prepared to sacrifice his daughter Iphigénie to the goddess Diana to win the war against Troy. In return, his wife Clytemnestra kills him on his return and their son Orest avenges his father by killing his mother. Diana, however, rescued Iphigénie at the last moment and took her to the island of Tauris as her priestess. This is where Orest comes to escape from the goddesses of revenge who torment him. Iphigénie, who is supposed to sacrifice all strangers on the island to Diana, recognises her brother and, overwhelmed with forgiveness, brings the spiral of violence to an end.
Performers
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester
Gaëlle Arquez mezzo-soprano
Armando Noguera Thoas
Domen Križaj Orest
Paolo Fanale Pylades
Marianne Croux Diana
conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
Programme
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigénie en Tauride / opera in four acts
Concert performance in French with German surtitles
Pre-Concert Talk
(in German)
19:00 / Elbphilharmonie, Großer Saal
Subscription
Elbphilharmonie Subscription 4
Series
Balthasar Neumann Choir and Orchestra
Opera and Oratorio
Festival
Hamburg International Music Festival
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