Scenic Design

IPHIGÉNIE EN TAURIDE

 

Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Directed by James Darrah

Music Director Stefano Flavoni

Schoenberg Hall, UCLA School of Music, 2026

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Iphigénie en Tauride follows the cursed House of Atreus in ancient Greece. Spared from sacrifice by the goddess Artemis, Iphigénie is carried to Tauris, where she serves as a priestess among a people who sacrifice to Artemis any Greek who lands on their shores. When Iphigénie’s brother Orestes arrives, the tragedy deepens: she does not recognize him—believing him to be long dead—and prepares to sacrifice him.

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Opera UCLA’s production of Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride on Thursday night was a triumph—sung with aching beauty over Gluck’s sumptuous score. Visionary staging, dance, and modernist costuming brought new life to this ancient tragedy.

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Set Designer Prairie T. Trivuth

Costume Designer Elena Gim

Hair and Makeup Designer Marisol Miller-Wave

Assistant Director Yekaterina Lynch

Assistant Conductor Brandon Zhou, Sydney Wang

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Photographs:  Prairie T. Trivuth