Ifigenia in Tauride (Traetta)

Tommaso Traetta

Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera in three acts by Tommaso Traetta to a libretto by Marco Coltellini. It premiered on 4 October 1763 at Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna. The opera was revived at the Schwetzingen Festival in December 2013 conducted by Wolfgang Katschner.[1]

Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast
Role Voice type Premiere cast, 4 October 1763[2]
Conductor: Tommaso Traetta
Choreography: Gasparo Angiolini
Scenography: Giovanni Maria Quaglio
Oreste contralto castrato Gaetano Guadagni
Pilade soprano castrato Giovanni Toschi
Ifigenia soprano Rosa Tartaglini
Toante tenor Giuseppe Tibaldi
Dori soprano Maria Sartori
Chorus: Virgins, priestesses, soldiers, citizens, Furies

References

  1. ↑ "Iphigenie auf Tauris (Ifigenia in Tauride)", Winter in Schwetzingen 2013/2014 (in German) Retrieved 6 July 2026.
  2. ↑ Strohm, pp. 326–327