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. The strong influence of …

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), …

Christoph Willibald Gluck 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 …

On this occasion Gluck's music was completely original, but the displeasure of the court poet, Metastasio, who called the opera "archvandalian music", probably explains why Gluck did not …

Christoph Willibald Gluck was the epitome of the 18th-century composer, working at the service of any court that might employ him, and writing music that was never less than well-mannered.

Gluck's operatic reforms, eliminating all that was undramatic, were a turning point in the history of the medium. Gluck lived during a time of political and social volatility with the advent of the …

<p>Christoph Gluck was an influential composer of opera in the 18th century, known for his significant reforms in the genre that emphasized the integration of music and drama.

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 …

Three hundred years ago in Bavaria, a musician was born whose influence may seem limited in comparison to his role in the history of opera. This...

Nov 11, 2025 · Gluck’s great French “reform operas” are more strongly governed by the principle of contrast than are the Italian works; the declamatory style of the vocal line is more marked …