18 Jun 2007
Opera's 'Iphigénie' cuts to the heart of myth in austere, intense production
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/16/DDGN7QFKCS1.DTL&hw=kosman&sn=002&sc=355
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/16/DDGN7QFKCS1.DTL&hw=kosman&sn=002&sc=355
(Photo: Katy Raddatz)
Joshua Kosman [SF Chronicle, 16 June 2007]
Gluck's 1779 opera "Iphigénie en Tauride" wastes little time or energy on anything extraneous. It plunges swiftly into the world of Greek tragedy, and the magnificent new production that opened Thursday night at the San Francisco Opera comes through with a short, sharp shock.