http://www.sfcv.org/2007/10/30/a-masterwork-intelligently-staged/

   A Masterwork, Intelligently Staged
   By Robert P. Commanday

   Gluck's masterpiece, "Iphige(c)nie en Tauride," is getting
   the production it deserves. Seen at the Seattle Opera on Friday,
   in the next to last performance of its run before going to the
   Metropolitan Opera next month (with Susan Graham, Placido Domingo,
   and Paul Groves), this was an exemplar of how to revive a
   masterwork with integrity.

   There were no "concepts" or gratuitous updatings, no tricks
   to cartoon contemporary "relevance." It relied on the sensitive
   artistry of designer Thomas Lynch and director Stephen Wadsworth
   working with the music to balance beautifully the elements in
   Glucka - 's vision.  ...

Janos Gereben
www.sfcv.org
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