The opera's libretto is based on a play by Racine, which in turn comes from the ancient Greek story of Iphigenia, the young woman whose father, King Agamemnon, was ordered to sacrifice her to earn ...

Coster’s adaptation, in turn, fed inspiration to the painter Jan Steen, whose 1671 canvas “The Sacrifice of Iphigenia” contained within it a sardonic critique of the religious and political ...

If the word “sacrifice” conjures up thoughts of an ancient polytheistic society, you would not be totally off the mark. “Iphigenia 2.0,” which is closing next weekend at Next Theatre in ...