title: Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli)
text: # Ifigenia in Tauride (Jommelli)
  
  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.
  
  ## Roles
  
  Roles, voice type, premiere cast :
  
  | Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 30 May 1771 |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ifigenia, priestess of Diana | soprano | Maria Anna de Amicis-Buonsollazzi |
  | Oreste, Ifigenia's brother | soprano castrato | 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 |
  