Saturday, June 5, 2010

Gluck's Successful Sequel: 'Iphigenie en Tauride' (source: NPR)

Sequels in opera are rare. But in the 1770s, Christoph Willibald Gluck composed a pair of successful dramas that highlighted the hair-raising adventures of the young Iphigenia. She barely escapes death in one opera and nearly commits murder in another. (source: NPR) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
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