Ifigenia in Tauride is an opera (opera seria) in three acts by Niccolò Jommelli set to a libretto by the Mannheim court poet Mattia Verazi. It premiered on 30 May 1771 at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples to celebrate the name day of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. The story is based on Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides.
Roles +RoleVoice typePremiere cast, 30 May 1771Ifigenia, priestess of Diana soprano Maria Anna de Amicis-BuonsollazziOreste, Ifigenia's brother soprano castrato Gaspare PacchierottiToante, King of Tauris tenor Arcangelo CortoniPilade, Oreste's friend soprano castrato Tommaso Galeazzi Tomiri, hereditary princess of Tauris soprano Teresa MignoniMerodate, king of Sarmati contralto castrato Pietro Santi
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