Iphigenia in Tauris
Americannoun
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a drama (413? b.c.) by Euripides.
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an opera (1779) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck.
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He joined her in Chicago, played 18 months on tour in plays ranging from Beverley's Balance to Iphigenia in Tauris.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was on the eve of the first representation of "Iphigenia in Tauris," when the operatic battle was agitating the public.
From The Great German Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
The Iphigenia in Tauris, in which the fate of Orestes is still further followed out, is less wild and extravagant, but in the representation both of character or passion, it seldom rises above mediocrity.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by John Black
He never met Gluck afterward, and we do not know his later opinion of the composer of "Orpheus and Eurydice" and "Iphigenia in Tauris."
From The Great German Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
De Vismes, Berton's successor, proposed that both should write operas on the same subject, "Iphigenia in Tauris," and gave him a libretto.
From Great Italian and French Composers by George T. (George Titus) Ferris
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