Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera (opera seria) in three acts by Niccolò Jommelli set to a libretto by the Mannheim court poet Mattia Verazi. It premiered on 30 May 1771 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples to celebrate the name day of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The story is based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 May 1771 |
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| Ifigenia, priestess of Diana | soprano | Maria Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi |
| Oreste, Ifigenia's brother | soprano castrato | Gaspare Pacchierotti |
| Toante, King of Tauris | tenor | Arcangelo Cortoni |
| Pilade, Oreste's friend | soprano castrato | Tommaso Galeazzi |
| Tomiri, hereditary princess of Tauris | soprano | Teresa Mignoni |
| Merodate, king of Sarmati | contralto castrato | Pietro Santi |
References
- Cassaro, James P. (September 1998). "Review: Gian Francesco de Majo: Ifigenia in Tauride by Paul Cornelison". Notes. 55 (1): 203–206. doi:10.2307/900398. JSTOR 900398.
- Verazi's libretto had previously been used for Gian Francesco de Majo's opera of the same name which premiered in Mannheim in 1764.
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Ifigenia in Tauride, 30 May 1771". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
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