Laeiszhalle Großer Saal
POSTPONED: Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride / Thomas Hengelbrock
The replacement event is expected to take place on 3 May 2025
Greek tragedy in an exciting interpretation
For organisational reasons, this concert will have to be postponed by one season, probably until 3 May 2025. Ticket buyers will be informed by e-mail. Under the following link you can request a refund of your ticket price: Information on tickets refunds
Thomas Hengelbrock has long been one of the leading lights of the European music scene with his synthesis of historic performing practice and energetic music-making. For the lead role in his concert performance of Christoph Willibald Gluck’s captivating opera »Iphigénie en Tauride«, he has invited one of today’s most moving soprano voices to come to Hamburg: Carolina López Moreno.
Gluck turned against the virtuoso excesses of Baroque opera with pared-down works concentrating on an absorbing depiction of the plot. He used the classical story of »Iphigénie en Tauride« for finely-drawn character studies that call for a high level of differentiation from all members of the cast.
An ideal piece for Hengelbrock to work his magic on. Together with his top-class Balthasar Neumann ensembles and an excellent soloists’ line-up, he makes the audience’s hearts beat faster with superb playing and singing, and intense drama.
Performers
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester
Carolina López Moreno Iphigénie
Paolo Fanale Pylade
Jean-Sébastien Bou Orest
conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
Programme
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Iphigénie en Tauride / opera in four acts
Concert performance in French
CANCELLED: Pre-Concert Talk
with Thomas Hengelbrock und Friederike Westerhaus (in German)
19:00 / Laeiszhalle, Großer Saal
Promoter: HamburgMusik / Balthasar-Neumann-Chor und -Orchester e.V.
