Rockport Music Presents: Gluck’s Iphigenie en Tauride

Date: Saturday February 26 2011, 1:00 pm
Opera: Gluck’s Iphignie en Tauride
Link to Info: http://www.metoperafamily.org

Synopsis:
Experience the fifth season of the Metropolitan Opera’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD in movie theaters nationwide. The broadcast of Gluck’s opera Iphigenie en Tauride will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theaters.

Susan Graham and Placido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth’s insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts. 2 hrs., 30 min. 1 Intermission.

Full Cast: Susan Graham, Placido Domingo, Paul Groves, and Gordon Hawkins. Conducted by Patrick Summers.

There will be a $15 luncheon at 12:00 noon. Please reserve a meal if desired by speaking with our Box Office by phone or in person.