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Music: C W Gluck.Lyrics:Libretto by Marie Francois Leblanc du Roullet, after Racine and Euripides.
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First performed April 19 1774.
| Role | Voicetype |
|---|---|
| Achille | tenor |
| Agamemnon | baritone |
| Arcas | bass |
| Calchas | bass |
| Clitemnestre | mezzosoprano |
| Diana | soprano |
| Général Grec | tenor |
| Iphigénie | soprano |
| Patrocle | baritone |
| Trois Greques | soprano |
| Une esclave lesbienne | soprano |
| Une Greque | soprano |
Returning to Troy, the Greeks are stranded on Aulis. The goddess Artemis demands a sacrifice if she is to calm the wheather. Agamemnon, unsure of what to do, summons his daughter Iphigenia for what she believes will be her marriage to Achilles. Eventually she arrives with her mother, Clytemnestra, but Agamennon announces that Achilles has changed his mind about the marriage.
Arcas reveals the truth to Iphigenia, that she is to be sacrified. Achilles promises to defend her and confronts Agamennon who eventually relents.
The soldiers, furious at being made to wait begin to demand blood. Despite her lover´s protestations and her mother´s lamentations, Iphigenia is willing to die for his father. As she awaits her death Achilles bursts in and, threatening to kill Calchas, the king´s advisor, prevents the sacrifice. At this moment the sacrificial pyre is mysteriously ignited and the weather calms, to allow Agamennon and his army safe passage home.
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