Placido Domingo - Iphigenie en Tauride - Dec 2007

Unfortunately the camera is not always focused in the right direction in this clip and it was taken from very far away, but the sound quality is fairly good. Placido Domingo (Oreste) is the small figure with the red scarf-like cloth around his neck. He is a prisoner and chained to the wall in this scene from Act II of Gluck's opera Iphigenie en Tauride. Mezzo-soprano Susan Graham (Iphigenie) is on the other side of the wall to Domingo's right. Toward the end of the clip, the man who enters with the light behind him is supposed to be Oreste's slain father Agamemnon. This is from a December 22, 2007 performance in NY. This run of performances was Domingo's first effort at Baroque opera since the 1960s.

In this clip, Domingo sings "Dieux! Protecteurs De Ces Affreux Rivages...Le Calme Rentre Dans Mon Coeur."

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[wansob]

What a wonderful Christmas gift for all of us, especially for these who weren't able to watch this performance (as me)! Merry Christmas, rmm413b! And thank you! :-))))

[rmm413b]

You're welcome. Merry Christmas to you!

[bariton9]

@ib4colts2 It´s true - Gluck revised the part of Orestes, but it still funny, because apart all the revisions and adaptations, the Orestes is still seen and cast as a dramatic baritone/ bass baritone. But Domingo is still GREAT! No doubt about it.

[ib4colts2]

@bariton9 Actually, Gluck himself revised/adapted that role for tenor. I believe this role would fit Domingo perfectly either way, though.

[gabohuaroc]

btw, it's a classicism opera, not baroque.

[gabohuaroc]

Yeah, Pylades isn't too high.

[APhantomPhan]

Thank you for this clip. I saw this production when I want to the New Production Gala in November. Domingo is absolutely FANTASTIC, as always. And I was very impressed by Susan Graham. Unfortunately, I had to sit through it with a couple of opera haters sitting next to me.

[bariton9]

This wery good and on the other hand wery, wery strange - Orestes is a high bariton/dramatic bariton part...funny that Placido Domingo sings Orest and not Pylades.But still, this is wery good singing and if i may, a wery nice christmas present.Thank you for posting it.