Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (2 July 1714 - 15 November 1787) was a Germ… Read Full Bio ↴Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (2 July 1714 - 15 November 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered for Orfeo ed Euridice. Gluck's operatic reforms, eliminating all that was undramatic, were a turning point in the history of the medium.
Gluck's musical legacy was around 35 complete operas, together with numerous ballets and instrumental works. His reforms influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, particularly his opera Idomeneo (1781). Gluck left behind a flourishing school of disciples in Paris, who would dominate the French stage throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. As well as Antonio Salieri, they included Antonio Sacchini, Luigi Cherubini, Étienne Méhul and Gaspare Spontini. Gluck's greatest French admirer would be Hector Berlioz, whose epic Les Troyens may be seen as the culmination of the Gluckian tradition.
Though Gluck wrote no operas in German, his example influenced the German school of opera, particularly Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, whose concept of music drama was not so far removed from Gluck's own.
(I understand Christoph Gluck was the music tutor of "Princess" Marie-Antoinette, during her childhood in Vienna, at the court of her mother - Empress Marie-Therese.
Gluck's musical legacy was around 35 complete operas, together with numerous ballets and instrumental works. His reforms influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, particularly his opera Idomeneo (1781). Gluck left behind a flourishing school of disciples in Paris, who would dominate the French stage throughout the Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. As well as Antonio Salieri, they included Antonio Sacchini, Luigi Cherubini, Étienne Méhul and Gaspare Spontini. Gluck's greatest French admirer would be Hector Berlioz, whose epic Les Troyens may be seen as the culmination of the Gluckian tradition.
Though Gluck wrote no operas in German, his example influenced the German school of opera, particularly Carl Maria von Weber and Richard Wagner, whose concept of music drama was not so far removed from Gluck's own.
(I understand Christoph Gluck was the music tutor of "Princess" Marie-Antoinette, during her childhood in Vienna, at the court of her mother - Empress Marie-Therese.
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02Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 1: Coro: "Ah, se intorno a quest'urna funesta"11:03Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
06Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 1: Recitativo: "Che disse? che ascoltai?"2:08Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
07Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 1: Addio, addio i miei sospiri4:20Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
08Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: Ballo (Maestoso) - Coro: "Chi mai dell'Erebo"5:45Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
09Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: "Deh! placatevi con me"2:19Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
10Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: Coro: "Misero giovane"4:22Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
12Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice), Wq. 30 : Ballo (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)7:29Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
13Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: Quest'asilio ameno e grato4:20Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
14Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: Arioso: "Che puro ciel, che chiaro sol"5:11Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
15Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 2: Vieni ai regni del riposo ... Anime avventurose5:21Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
16Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Recitativo: "Vieni, segui i miei passi"5:23Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
17Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: "Vieni, appaga il tuo consorte!"4:12Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
18Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Recitativo: "Qual vita è questa mai"1:18Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
19Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Aria: "Che fiero momento"3:10Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
20Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Recitativo: "Ecco un nuovo tormento"3:49Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
21Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 3: Aria: "Che farò senza Euridice?"5:37Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
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GLUCK: Orfeo ed Euridice
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