English National Opera production of Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride, directed by Lyndsey Turner and conducted by David Bates, at the London Coliseum.
English National Opera brings Iphigénie en Tauride to the London Coliseum from 6 to 14 November, a new production of Christoph Gluck's opera. It's a rare one to see staged, and it's widely considered his most important work, so it's a bit of a moment for the ENO to put it on. The production is a new one from director Lyndsey Turner, and it's sung in its original French libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, with English surtitles for the rest of us.
On stage, Christine Rice takes the title role of Iphigénie, with Jacques Imbrailo as Oreste. The story follows the two of them, siblings from a Greek dynasty with a long, bloody history, stranded on a remote island and forced to do the bidding of a terrifying ruler. It's a family drama set against a pretty bleak backdrop, and having it in the original French keeps it close to how it was first put together.
In the pit, the ENO is welcoming David Bates, a specialist in Baroque music, who makes his debut leading the company for this run. Between Turner's new staging and Bates's first outing with the ENO, there's a fair bit of new ground being broken here, even with a piece that's been around for a while.
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Tickets start from £15, and the run goes from 6 to 14 November at the London Coliseum.
