Iphigénie en Tauride review – stylised staging of opera of bloodthirsty priestesses and divine intervention

Coliseum, LondonEnglish National Opera’s production of Gluck’s opera has strong leads in Christine Rice, Nick Pritchard and Jacques Imbrailo. But why is it sung in French?Human sacrifice first; ask questions later. The story of Iphigénie among the Taurians, adapted from Euripides by Gluck and his librettist Guillard in 1779, is being told at English National Opera for the first time.…