Seattle Opera's recent production of Gluck's rarely performed Iphigenia in Taurus was reviewed by Crosscut music critic Fred Hauptman, in an appraisal that was basically positive but critical of the cuts and substitutions of some music, calling them "disfiguring cuts and additions imposed upon a perfect original." In turn, the review prompted this response from Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins, reprinted below, and a further discussion of the version of the opera from Hauptman (following Jenkins' letter). You will also find interesting
Seattle Opera's version of Iphigenia: an exchange
Seattle Opera's recent production of Gluck's rarely performed Iphigenia in Taurus was reviewed by Crosscut music critic Fred Hauptman, in an appraisal that was basically positive but critical of the cuts and substitutions of some music, calling them "disfiguring cuts and additions imposed upon a perfect original."
In turn, the review prompted this response from Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins, reprinted below, and a further discussion of the version of the opera from Hauptman (following Jenkins' letter).
Seattle Opera's recent production of Gluck's rarely performed Iphigenia in Taurus was reviewed by Crosscut music critic Fred Hauptman, in an appraisal that was basically positive but critical of the cuts and substitutions of some music, calling them "disfiguring cuts and additions imposed upon a perfect original."
In turn, the review prompted this response from Seattle Opera General Director Speight Jenkins, reprinted below, and a further discussion of the version of the opera from Hauptman (following Jenkins' letter).
