Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera...
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The composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) is best known for his operas, of which he wrote 49 in all. His most significant and well-known work...
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This is a list of compositions by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Wq. Number by Alfred Wotquenne (1867-1939). Wq.1 – Artaserse (1741) Wq.2 – Demetrio – or...
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Wq. 37 (the later French version is Wq. 44), is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767. The libretto (in Italian) was written by Ranieri de'...
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an ode by William Hayes (1735) Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1762) Orfeo ed Euridice [it], an opera by Ferdinando Bertoni...
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Opera (section Gluck's reforms and Mozart)
Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Christoph Willibald Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in...
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Orfeo ed Euridice (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri...
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Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Christoph Willibald Gluck feature prominently, although no French composers are included...
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whose music survives to this day Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck L'Orfeo (1607), by Claudio Monteverdi, widely regarded as the...
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Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language...
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the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck's surname derives from the Czech word kluk (boy). Notable people with the surname include: Abbe Gluck, American legal...
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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera. Gluck may also refer to: Gluck (surname) 7624 Gluck, a main-belt asteroid...
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Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, set to a libretto by Philippe Quinault. Gluck's fifth production for the Parisian stage and the composer's...
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Iphigénie en Tauride (redirect from Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck))
(French: [ifiʒeni ɑ̃ toʁid], Iphigenia in Tauris) is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The...
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La corona (The Crown) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an azione teatrale in one act. The Italian-language...
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Le cadi dupé (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Duped Qadi, or The Duped Judge) is an opéra comique in one act by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It has a French-language libretto by Pierre-René Lemonnier. It...
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en Aulide, play by Jean Racine. Iphigénie en Aulide, opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Iphigenia, film by Michael Cacoyannis. The Songs of the Kings...
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Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Marriage of Hercules and Hebe) is an opera in two acts composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck to an Italian libretto by an unknown author. Sometimes referred...
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Boccherini, Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Martin Kraus, Muzio Clementi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, André Grétry, Pierre-Alexandre...
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roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann...
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Il Parnaso confuso (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Parnaso confuso (Parnassus in Turmoil) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an azione teatrale in one act. The Italian-language...
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Antonio Salieri (category Pupils of Christoph Willibald Gluck)
opera. As a student of Florian Leopold Gassmann, and a protégé of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Salieri was a cosmopolitan composer who wrote operas in three...
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his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Méhul was born at Givet in Ardennes...
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Monteverdi Choir (section Christoph Willibald Gluck)
The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge...
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Paride ed Elena (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
[ˈpaːride ed ˈɛːlena]; Paris and Helen) is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It is the third of Gluck's so-called reform operas for Vienna, following Orfeo...
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(1692–1750), sculptors, workers in stucco, painters, and architects Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), composer Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877), painter,...
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the Paris Opera, but the committee in charge favors a rival, Christoph Willibald Gluck. He goes to Marie-Joséphine's cousin, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse...
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and conversations with her were stilted. Under the teaching of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Maria Antonia developed into a good musician. She learned to...
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children L'arbre enchanté (The Magic Tree), an opéra comique by Christoph Willibald Gluck Magical Tree, a 1984 video game This disambiguation page lists...
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La rencontre imprévue (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Pilgrims to Mecca) is a three-act opéra comique, composed in 1763 by Christoph Willibald Gluck to a libretto by Louis Dancourt after the 1726 comédie en vaudeville...
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