Christoph Willibald Gluck was a German classical composer, best known for his operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice (1762), Alceste (1767), Paride ed Elena (1770), Iphigénie en Aulide (1774), the French version of Orfeo (1774), and Iphigénie en Tauride (1779).

2015年11月30日 · Gluck’s reforms took hold in Germany, Italy and later France, thanks to the patronage of Marie Antoinette. His influence can be heard in the works of Mozart, Weber and Wagner. In fact, prior to World War II, Gluck’s operas were among the earliest works in …

2023年2月23日 · A guide to the best recordings of Gluck’s operas by Ralph Moore. Downloadable in pdf format. Gluck is something of an enigma, in that there are things about him which are unclear, down to such basics as whether his mother tongue was German or Czech.

Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (German: 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a 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, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at Vienna.

Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (2 July 1714 in Erasbach near Berching (Upper Palatinate) - 15 November 1787 in Vienna) was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been ...

Gluck's opera points the way to opera of the next century. His dramas were esteemed by Berlioz and admired by Wagner, and his name is engraved next to Beethoven's and Mozart's on many nineteenth-century concert halls.

Gluck is a Bohemian-Austrian composer of Italian and French opera, and a leading figure in opera in the second half of the eighteenth century. He is celebrated today for his historical significance as the one composer who did the most to effect the …

2023年1月22日 · The opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was 29 years younger than Händel and 42 years older than Mozart — although Mozart narrowed the age gap somewhat by starting to compose operas at age 11.

In an age when Baroque opera seria had become an extravagant vehicle for star singers, Gluck argued that music should serve drama, not the other way around, and called for truth and expression in opera: a return, in effect, to neo-Classical principles.

Gluck's reforms made a lasting mark on opera. The principles for which he stood influenced the work of many composers who followed him, including Wolfgang Mozart , Luigi Cherubini, Ludwig van Beethoven , and Richard Wagner .