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Guergana Damianova/OnP
Opera
Iphigénie en Tauride
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Palais Garnier
from 02 to 25 December 2016
2h20 with 1 interval
Iphigénie en Tauride
Palais Garnier - from 02 to 25 December 2016
Synopsis
"Calm returns, but in the depths of my heart,Alas, the storm rages on. Alas, the storm rages on."
Iphigénie, Acte I
In order to fulfil the oracle’s prediction, Iphigénie must kill any stranger landing on the shores of Tauride. Alas, it is Oreste, Iphigénie’s own brother, who appears, having murdered their mother Clytemnestra in order to avenge the death of their father Agamemnon: such is the accursed lineage of the Atrides, condemned for generations to inflict death after death… Will this chain of hereditary bloodletting be perpetuated by Iphigénie? In 1779 Gluck’s score for Iphigénie en Tauride seemed to inspire a new emotion – neither completely theatrical nor altogether operatic – in which his contemporaries believed they had witnessed the long-awaited resuscitation of Greek tragedy. This production by a great theatrical reformer is a fitting response to a work by a reformer of opera. In 2006, audiences crossing the threshold of the Palais Garnier were greeted by the motionless silhouettes of the performers waiting for them on stage and seemingly holding up a strangely disturbing mirror. In Krzysztof Warlikowski’s stunning first production for the Paris Opera, the characters in the twilight of their existence are still haunted by their past.
At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.
In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:
€35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
€70 tickets for senior citizens over 65
Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.
Palais Garnier
Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until performances end
Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas
At the Palais Garnier, buy €10 tickets for seats in the 6th category (very limited visibility, two tickets maximum per person) on the day of the performance at the Box offices.
In both our venues, discounted tickets are sold at the box offices from 30 minutes before the show:
€35 tickets for under-28s, unemployed people (with documentary proof less than 3 months old) and senior citizens over 65 with non-taxable income (proof of tax exemption for the current year required)
€70 tickets for senior citizens over 65
Get samples of the operas and ballets at the Paris Opera gift shops: programmes, books, recordings, and also stationery, jewellery, shirts, homeware and honey from Paris Opera.
Palais Garnier
Every day from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until performances end
Get in from Place de l’Opéra or from within the theatre’s public areas