Christoph Willibald Gluck
Sound
Born 1714-07-02 · Erasbach, Germany · Died 1787-11-15
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a German composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court in Vienna. There he brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices for which many intellectuals had been campaigning. With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian opera seria had enjoyed for much of the century. Gluck introduced more drama by using orchestral recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera.
Acting
Crew
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma
Music
Les musiques de Fontainebleau au Théâtre impérial
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Orpheus and Eurydice
Writer
The Fontainebleau Journey - Women's Music at the French Court
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Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigénie en Tauride @ Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024
Writer
Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigénie en Tauride @ Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024
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Gluck: Orpheus & Eurydice @ Halle 47, Floirac
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Dancing Pina
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Orfeo ed Euridice - New National Theatre Tokyo
Music
Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Marie-Antoinette - 2019
Music Producer
Gluck: Alceste
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Alceste - Teatro La Fenice
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
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Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice
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Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
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Orpheus and Eurydice
Compositor
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
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Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
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