Cecilia Bartoli as Gluck's tragic heroine. - musica

"I pray to the almighty gods" is this year's theme of the Whitsun festival in Salzburg, chosen by artistic director Cecilia Bartoli. The famous mezzo soprano added another heroine to her repertoire - the tortured, dignified priestess in Gluck's "Iphigénie en Tauride", a Greek tragedy.

It was her heartfelt wish to bring the German composer back into the spotlight describing how Gluck was "a composer who deserves more popularity".

Bartoli told euronews: "It's clear that Gluck was one of the mos…
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