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Random House. Chorus You are the neighbour to the Castalian waters. De la Touche's work had been praised for its simplicity, but Gluck and his librettist simplified the drama even further. What is it? Let me perform the sacrifice there where it is proper! Iphigeneia My Fate was black from birth, dear friends. Danger does not make young men hesitate. No man is the same when he is in troubles and when he falls out of fear into courage. We thought he was going to die so we sat there holding our breath. I want to know exactly how you’ve caught them, so tell me that. They will notice us. It will give me joy! 1938. Call out the king! Where is she? If Argos goes well, she’s happy. Messenger  He takes hold of the big door knocker and bangs it violently. Thoas You mean pure water from a spring, or from the sea? Still, I will not hesitate to save your life even if it means I will lose mine. Have you heard of the great quarrel between Atreus and Thyestes? Enter the herdsman with two armed guards leading Orestes and Pylades, their hands in chains. If the tempest doesn’t subside the Greeks will have no hope of saving their lives! She tells Orestes and Pylades she can persuade Thoas to save one of them from the sacrifice (Je pourrais du tyran tromper la barbarie) and asks the one who is spared to carry word of her fate to her sister Electra in Argos. It was brought to the stage of the present opera house in Paris on 27 June 1931 with the aid of the Wagner Society of Amsterdam and with Pierre Monteux conducting the orchestra". No, let them go to your land with the statue of the goddess and may they be established there with all happiness. Their main innovations were to begin the opera with a storm (which would have been more difficult in a spoken drama) and to delay the recognition until the finale. These two have not come for me to take my vengeance upon them, to make this place an Aulis like that in Greece, where the Greeks grabbed me like some calf and slit my throat upon an altar. Iphigeneia I need him to swear to me that he will take this letter to Argos and hand it to the friends I want it delivered. The two men obey while she prays to Artemis. The spilling of mother’s blood is enough. And there, another one! We have it all now. It describes the chance meeting of Iphigenia (daughter of Agamemnon and now the priestess of Artemis on the wild shores of Tauris) and her long … It is written in many folds but I need to add yet one more thing. 1130. A foreigner here, herself! The king enters wildly, ordering his guards to seize Orestes and promising to sacrifice both him and his sister. Iphigeneia Well then, listen to what I need done. Orestes You, a woman? Ha! She knows so much about Greece! Now, do the people of Argos think of you as their ruler? But then again, by ship, the path through the Clashing Rocks is narrow and the journey long. You are indeed a wise woman! You were always compassionate and sympathetic, soft towards the fate of strangers and you shed a tear when those strangers who were brought to you for the sacrifice were fellow Greeks. Everyone but Pylades departs, and he closes the act by promising to do everything possible to save Orestes (Divinité des grandes âmes!). 1170. 650. Foreigners are sacred. She also issues pardon to Orestes for murdering his mother, sending him to be king over Mycenae and bidding him restore Iphigenia to her country. Thoas Is that so? 100, No Pylades, rather than die, let’s get back to the ship with which we came here and let’s…. 110. In Heaven’s name! The two most precious buds of Greece are approaching the altar. 730. Chorus How could we possibly be involved in the escape of those strangers? Orestes You’re quite right, then, lady, to long for news from there. The rivers of tears that drenched my cheeks when the towers of my city were taken and I was brought here on a ship with oars and spears! Don’t turn your head away from me. 570. How can I forget? Orestes So far as my misfortune will allow me to do so. It’s the only thing I can do for him from here. We can’t betray Apollo’s command. These thoughts worry me a great deal, Orestes. Pylades And I invoke the Lord of the Heavens, almighty Zeus. Then the earth shook terribly and, afraid, I went outside. Iphigeneia Continues with the dictation of the letter. Agamemnon, son of Atreus. Orestes, I will not be convinced otherwise: I should die with you, be sacrificed with you and have my corpse burned on the same pyre with you! Iphigeneia I will talk with him. Because of its simplicity and heroic themes this work had a particular appeal for 18th-century proponents of Neo-classicism and there were several dramatic versions in the late 1700s, the most famous of which is Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris (1787). Untie the hands of the foreigners. Orestes The ruler is Menelaos, our uncle. Iphigeneia I need to also purify the statue of the goddess. 451. Chorus Gone is the spark of the royal line! Take up your oars and turn the sea’s waves into white froth! We scattered all around and into the woods of the valley. [23], It was only after he moved to Paris that Gluck finally had the opportunity to set the Tauris story and then only after he had composed another opera on the Iphigenia theme, Iphigénie en Aulide (1774). Horrible! I wonder who is your sister – if you do have a sister. If you do not agree with us then I am lost. Pylades, my poor companion in this labour, what do you think we should do now? But now, now, I am waiting for the Greek maids the king has given me, to come and help me pour libations to my missing brother. But I hate the sly cleverness of this goddess! Iphigeneia Yes, because the tainted must be avoided. 130. When I got there, they lifted me up above the altar and slaughtered me with a sword. But something incredible was happening: Of all the stones that were hurled at the strangers, none hit them! These came to an equal number of guilty and innocent which meant I won and so I got up and left the murder trial. This is something that even we, barbarians would never do! Forgive my theft and please take me away from this barbarian land and bring me safely back to Hellas! I accept this letter but I shall leave the written words for later so that I may enjoy this moment fully. Other articles where Iphigenie in Tauris is discussed: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: First Weimar period (1776–86): …manner, Iphigenie auf Tauris (Iphigenia in Tauris), which shows the healing process he attributed to the influence of Frau von Stein in the context of an emotionally charged brother-and-sister relationship and as a profound moral and theological reeducation. Find him and tell him the news! It is up to you to find a way. Iphigeneia Why don’t you want to tell me your name? Guards of the temple! [11] It was recorded in 1961 with Montserrat Caballé in the title role,[17] conducted by Antonio de Almeida, in performance at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisbon. As for you, Iphigeneia: You must serve this goddess as her temple warden in the sacred valleys of Brauron. Father, at this very moment, this moment that you’re killing me, my mother, back home, is singing my wedding songs along with other Argive women. Now you go into the temple and prepare all that is necessary for the sacrifice. If this knowledge pleases you, then let me tell you it’s this man. The Iphigenia in Tauris is not in the modern sense a tragedy; it is a romantic play, beginning in a tragic atmosphere and moving through perils and escapes to a happy end. You’re quite right. If I succeed, then I will make sure you get your share of my luck. Chorus I long for Kythos, where the date trees with their gentle tresses grow! Conditions and Exceptions apply. All this was beyond hope. The priestesses sing a hymn to Diana as they lead Orestes to the altar (Chorus: Chaste fille de Latone). See how she wants to kill me? Do you know what they’re called? Will you use a sword on a man, yourself? The letter has been written by a prisoner who felt sorry for me and who didn’t believe that my hand is a murderous hand and that it is the law of the goddess that does the murdering, because she thinks murder is justice. 1411. From up there, we fought them much more cautiously, by throwing stones at them but then archers on the ship made us retreat even further back. I sighed deeply with the regret of killing my own mother. Chorus And so it was that Lord Apollo sped away on his quick feet to Olympus to wrap his young arms around Zeus’ throne and beg him to restore his Pythian temple to him, take it back from the anger of the goddess Earth. There is no overture; the opera begins with a short passage evoking calm before turning into a depiction of a great storm at sea. Chorus A Greek that came here, to this hostile sea! Iphigeneia Yes, I weaved that on a very fine piece of tapestry. I need a deserted place. You will arrive home safely! The ultimate source of the drama was Euripides' tragedy Iphigenia in Tauris. Silence, my friends! Orestes What if you hid me in this temple? Iphigeneia But what stops you from granting me this favour? Are you an author? Fire and blood drip from her clothes as she flaps her wings. Iphigeneia I admire your courage, brother but I could do no such thing. 939. In that dream, I had escaped from this land and was back in Argos. The recitatives are shorter and they are récitatif accompagné (i.e. Iphigeneia Me. Iphigenia sends Orestes away and with her priestesses laments the destruction of her country and the supposed death of her brother (Ô malheureuse Iphigénie). I can bear that one but I can’t bear another on top of it as well. You and your brother will be destroyed if you fall into the hands of your masters! Orestes Well, let me begin by telling you all that I’ve heard from Elektra. Some think that the head of the Paris Opéra, Devismes, had attempted to stoke up the rivalry between Gluck and Niccolò Piccinni, an Italian composer also resident in the French capital, by asking them both to set an opera on the subject of Iphigenia in Tauris. Orestes And do you remember how you weaved all these stories on those fine cloths? Pylades warded off our stones and blows with his garment and also tried to comfort his friend. Orestes The gods, too, whom the prophets call wise, are like those fleeting dreams: False! What god, what mortal or what anything between the two will come to show us the way out of this dreadful, impassable dilemma? Chorus Ah! Chorus We have left the tall towers and the high walls of Greece, a horse-loving land, a land of Europe, a land of marvellous trees, the land of my home. Pylades Human skulls! She picked me up and sped me through the bright air to have me land here, in Tauris, to live among the Taurians. Orestes Yes, sister. One can escape many disasters if one is prepared, so what I’ll do is to tell you all that is written in that letter so that you can repeat them to my friends. Both worlds, the divine as well as the mortal, are equally chaotic. Lady, you have bound me in easy oaths and because you have also sworn a great oath, yourself, I shall not waste any time in delivering your letter. Her questions, too, Pylades. Iphigeneia What of that daughter of his that was slaughtered? Orestes I, too cried bitter tears when I found out that our father had the heart to do such a thing. That was one of Odysseus’ usual sly tricks. Is that it? 1151. Iphigeneia I grieve for the happiness he once enjoyed! 1420. They’ve left the country and they took with them the holy statue of our goddess. 900. Because now, now I am far from the land that nourished us both. Eventually though, out of pity, some people softened their hearts and offered me a roof but, even though I was in the same house with them, I had to eat at a separate table and they’d never respond to my words. Thoas You care so well for our city, Iphigeneia! Orestes Yes, yes, use my woes if they will help. Iphigeneia Quite right. 1443. None touched our goddess’ victims! If these rituals, performed by this city for you, give you any pleasure, then accept these sacrifices! Horrible. O, Phoebus Apollo! And one more thing I ask of you, Pylades: Don’t desert my sister when you see that her home, my home, too, has been abandoned and her family gone. Chorus O great and reverend lady, Victory! I will pile a great many rich gifts upon your tomb, sprinkle golden oil upon your body to quell the fire and, over your pyre, I will pour the golden flower nectar gathered by the mountain bees. Has she performed the purifications for the sacrifice of the strangers yet? 560. 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Enter Iphigeneia from the temple. Iphigeneia I think I’ve just come up with an idea! Chorus Shore by shore they reached the surging waves of Amfitrite. Iphigeneia But I can’t believe that our uncle would usurp an ailing palace by sending you into exile! LibriVox recording of Iphigenia in Tauris (Murray Translation) by Euripides. Iphigeneia Of its own accord… and it also shut its eyes. Undo the bars of this door and open it now! As well, if you escape this death and do marry Elektra, my sister, whom I offered you as a wife, you will have children with her and so my name will live on and so, my father’s house will not be left bereft of descendants and become extinct. And you, too, strangers. 160, I have brought these libations for him which I will pour upon Earth’s broad shoulders Milk from the mountain herds…. (The custom of the Scythians, who inhabit Tauris, is to ritually sacrifice any who are shipwrecked on their shores). Thoas Cover them so that I won’t see the tainted men. 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