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
I recall a beautiful example of recitative in the "Iphigenia in Tauris."
From On the Execution of Music, and Principally of Ancient Music by Camille Saint-Saëns
Several examples are to be found in the pieces of Euripides, of which I will mention Helen and Iphigenia in Tauris.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 02 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
It may be called the first part of the tragedy, and Iphigenia in Tauris very beautifully completes it.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
This opera, though it does not stand from the point of view of the artist on the same level with Iphigenia in Tauris, deserves nevertheless to be represented on every good stage.
From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Charles Annesley
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