Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset * Traetta: Ifigenia In Tauride [New CD] 10/1/21 Label: Neue Meister

Label: Neue Meister

September 1997

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Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset * Traetta: Ifigenia In Tauride [New CD] 10/1/21 Label: Neue MeisterTraetta's Ifigenia in Tauride draws us into the tragic heart of the House of Atreus. Orestes is consumed by guilt over the murder of his mother Clytemnestra, while Iphigenia bears the lasting scars of her near sacrifice, planned by her own father Agamemnon. They are two tormented souls, profoundly alone, who find each other in a moment of overwhelming recognition. Traetta's music captures this tragic tension perfectly. Standing at the crossroads of