Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (/ɡlʊk/; German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French...
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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 Italian libretto was written by Ranieri de' Calzabigi...
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Orfeo ed Euridice (redirect from Orpheus and Eurydice (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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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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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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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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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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Boccherini, Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Martin Kraus, Muzio Clementi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, André Grétry, Pierre-Alexandre...
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while his realistic and intimate portrait of the opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) catches the composer at the...
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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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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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Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Christoph Willibald Gluck feature prominently, although no French composers are included...
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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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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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Don Juan (ballet) (category Ballets by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
a ballet with a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck, and choreography by Gasparo Angiolini. The ballet's first performance...
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conducted by Tullio Serafin, studio recording for EMI, April–May 1954 Gluck, Alceste, Carlo Maria Giulini, La Scala, Milan, April 4, 1954 (Italian)...
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Armide (Lully), an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully Armide (Gluck), an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck Le Pavillon d'Armide, ballet by Fokine French submarine Armide...
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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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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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For Troy, a novel by Doris Gates Iphigénie en Aulide, opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Iphigénie en Tauride, opera by Henri Desmarets and André Campra...
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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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soprano Barbara Gluck (born 1938), American photographer Carol Gluck (born 1941), American historian of modern Japan Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)...
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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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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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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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L'arbre enchanté (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
Tree, or, the Tutor Duped), Wq 42, is a one-act opéra comique by Christoph Willibald Gluck to a libretto based on the 1752 opéra-comique Le poirier ("The...
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Tragédie en musique (section Christoph Willibald Gluck)
(1761) Polixène (1763) Ismène et Isménias (1763) Thésée (1765) Armide (Gluck) (1777) Amadis de Gaule (J. C. Bach) (1779) Démophoon (1788) Les Abencérages...
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