GLUCK Iphigenie en Aulis (2 CD) MOFFO Fischer-Dieskau Richard Wagner's edit 1847

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I phigénie en Aulis by Christophe Willibald Gluck [ performed in German] Iphigenie - Anna Moffo Agamemnon - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Clytemnestra - Trudeliese Schmidt Achille - Ludovic Spiess Calchas - Thomas Stewart Arcas - Bernd Weikl Diane - Arleen Augér Kurt Eichhorn, conductor Münchner Rundfunkorchester Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks with unpaged booklet with Wagner's GERMAN libretto with facing English translation A recording of Richard Wagner's version of 1847 Iphigénie en Aulide ( Iphigeneia in Aulis ) is an opera in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck, the first work he wrote for the Paris stage. The libretto was written by François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet and was based on Jean Racine's tragedy Iphigénie . It was premiered on 19 April 1774 by the Paris Opéra in the second Salle du Palais-Royal and revived in a slightly revised version the following year. A German version was made in 1847 by Richard Wagner, with significant alterations. In 1847 Richard Wagner presented a revised German version of Gluck's opera, Iphigenia in Aulis, at the court of Dresden. Wagner edited, re-scored and revised the opera significantly including a different ending and some other passages of his own composition.