Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli) explained

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.

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!Role!Voice type!Premiere cast, 30 May 1771
Ifigenia, priestess of Diana Maria Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi
Oreste, Ifigenia's brother Gaspare Pacchierotti
Toante, King of Tauris tenor Arcangelo Cortoni
Pilade, Oreste's friend soprano castrato Tommaso Galeazzi
Tomiri, hereditary princess of Tauris soprano Teresa Mignoni
Merodate, king of Sarmati contralto castrato Pietro Santi