Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride
Artist: Dino Dondi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Maria Callas
Label: Opera d’Oro
UPC: 723721603755
Catalog ID: OPD 7085
The recent rebirth of interest in the masterpiece of Christoph von Gluck’s maturity, Ifigenia in Tauride, has proved that his art can still cast a powerful spell over audiences. For a long time, Orfeo ed Euridice was the single work by Gluck to keep a toehold in the repertory. It was during this period that Maria Callas undertook two adventurous forays into Gluck’s operas at La Scala: Alceste in 1954 (under Carlo Maria Giulini) and, in June 1957, Ifigenia in Tauride. These were, in fact, the only two productions of Gluck in which Callas participated—and that during some of the most pivotal years of her entire career, as the true scope of her artistry was gaining widespread recognition. As for the beleaguered Greek heroine, Callas gave only four performances of Iphigenia for the 1957 production, which concluded La Scala’s season. Its opening night is the basis for this recording.
Live performance, Milan, June 1, 1957. Features original artwork by Rafal Olbinski, re-mastered sound, extensive booklet with historic photos, and complete libretto newly translated for this release.
Track Listing
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "O Dei! Propiziate il destino" (Iphigenia / Priestesses)
7:05
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "La calma rinascea / ma / in fondo al mio cor" (Iphigenia / Priestesses)
4:30
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Oh notte rea! Sogno spietato!" (Priestesses)
1:34
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Deh / Pelopéa stirpe! Stirpe ognor fatale" (Iphigenia / Priestesses)
2:15
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "O tu / che in tua pietà crudel" (Iphigenia)
3:56
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Ah / quando / o Dei / del lagrimar" (Priestesses)
1:31
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Ciel! mi persegue dei Numi il furor!" (Thoas / Iphigenia)
1:35
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Presentimento reo le debil mente assale" (Thoas)
2:52
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Piacava il nume il suo furor" (Scythians / Iphigenia / Thoas)
2:52
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Le colpe ad espiar" (Scythians)
12:56
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / Dance (Orchestra)
3:00
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act I / "Qual destin / qual follia vi spingea / o sciagurati" (Thoas / Pylades / Orestes / Scythians)
1:39
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Oh silenzio feral!" (Pylades / Orestes)
2:28
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Oh de' misfatti miei / Numi / autori fatali!" (Orestes)
2:06
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Perchè di tanto affanno turbar colui che t'ama!" (Pylades)
12:46
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Un sol desìo mi preme" (Pylades)
2:37
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Sventurati stranier / io vi debbo separar" (Minister of the Temple / Pylades / Orestes)
1:24
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Nume / patrono dei funesti lidi" (Orestes)
1:40
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "La calma torna nel mio cor!" (Orestes)
2:25
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Pantomime" (Orchestra)
1:03
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "L'oltraggio alla natura alfin punito andrà" (Furies / Orestes)
2:32
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Tutto scorgo l'orror" (Iphigenia / Orestes / Priestesses)
4:22
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Sommi Dei! Tutti estini i cari miei!" (Iphigenia)
1:39
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "O dolce suol natio" (Priestesses)
1:06
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "O sventurata Ifigenia" (Iphigenia / Priestesses)
4:56
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "Onorate con me quest'eroe" (Iphigenia)
12:59
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act II / "La mia voce in un sol pianto" (Iphigenia / Priestesses)
4:06
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Il voto pago andrà" (Iphigenia)
1:11
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Io to veggio ad ogni istante" (Iphigenia)
2:35
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "S'avanzano i due prigionier" (Priestess / Iphigenia / Orestes / Pylades)
1:04
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Se deluder saprò del re la furia orrenda" (Iphigenia / Orestes / Pylades)
3:34
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Oh celese gioir!" (Pylades / Orestes)
12:38
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "E me d'amar / o mio fedel / presumi" (Orestes / Pylades)
2:16
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Che! Non saprò domar resistenze funeste?" (Orestes / Pylades)
2:19
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Ah / qual pietà" (Iphigenia / Orestes)
1:15
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Che! Me stimi salvar la desiata morte?" (Orestes / Iphigenia)
1:31
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Divinità de l'alme grandi" (Pylades)
2:08
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Ah! l'escerando rito non so perpetrar" (Iphigenia)
12:51
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Io t'imploro anelante / o implacabile Dea!" (Iphigenia)
2:41
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Sii / Diana / a noi propizia!" (Priestesses)
3:18
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "La forza m'abbandona / o condanna crudel!" (Iphigenia / Orestes)
1:39
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Casta figlia di Latona" (Priestesses)
1:25
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Sommi Dei / sommi Dei / soccorso a me!" (Iphigenia / Priestesses / Orestes)
2:20
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Non evocar immagini funeste!" (Iphigenia)
1:05
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Sventura! Ahimè! Disvelato è il mistero!" (Greek Woman / Priestesses / Iphigenia)
1:11
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act III / "Act IV / Scoverti sono alfin tuoi fini pravi" (Thoas / Iphigenia / Priestesses / Orestes / Pylades / Royal Guards / Greeks)
2:43
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "V'arrestate e s'ascolti il mio parlar!" (Diana)
1:52
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "In questa eterea forma soave e pia" (Orestes)
12:52
Ifigenia in Tauride: Act IV / "Trascorso il tempo omai" (All)
1:53
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