Grétry takes on Racine - and wins.
Category: racine
146. Mitridate, re di Ponto (Mozart)
Mozart's first opera seria. Don't judge the genre by this!
101. Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck)
Tragédie-opéra in 3 actsFirst performed : Académie Royale de Musique, April 12 1774Composer : Ritter Christoph Willibald GluckLibretto : M. du Rollet, after Racine and Euripides AGAMEMNON, King of MycenaeBaritoneHenri LarrivéeCLITEMNESTRE, his wifeSopranoMlle Duplant (Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne)IPHIGÉNIE, their daughterSopranoSophie ArnouldACHILLEHaute-contreJoseph Le GrosPATROCLEBassDurandCALCHAS, High PriestBassNicolas GélinARCAS, captain of the guardBassBeauvaletGREEKS; GUARDS; Thessalonian WARRIORS; WOMEN of Argos, Aulis, and Lesbos; DIANE … Continue reading 101. Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck)