Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer)
Born: 2nd July 1714, Berching, Germany
Died: 15th November 1787, Vienna
Nationality: German
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) 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 Empire, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at 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 simpler recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria.
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Further Reading: Gluck
Recording of the Week,
Philippe Jaroussky sings Gluck's Orfeo
The French countertenor placates the Furies with singing of celestial purity on this world premiere recording of the 1774 Neapolitan version of Gluck's most popular opera.
Interview,
Sonia Prina on Gluck
Katherine talks to the Italian contralto about Heroes in Love, released on Glossa this month.
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Popular Works: Gluck
- Adieu, conservez dans votre âme (from Iphigénie en Aulide) (5)
- Ah! Si la liberté me doit être ravie (from Armide) (5)
- Alceste (19)
- Alceste: Overture (16)
- Amour, viens rendre a mon ame (from Orphée et Eurydice, after Bertini) (4)
- Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (60)
- Che fiero momento (from Orfeo et Euridice) (6)
- Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) (14)
- Deh placatevi con me (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (3)
- Dieux puissants que j'atteste… Jupiter, lance la foudre (from Iphigénie en Aulide) (5)
- Dieux qui me poursuivez (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (5)
- Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) (24)
- Don Juan (10)
- Enfin, il est en ma puissance (from Armide) (4)
- Ezio (4)
- Gavotte (4)
- Grands dieux soutenez mon courage… Ah ! Divinités implacables (from Alceste) (5)
- Iphigénie en Aulide (8)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture (25)
- Iphigénie en Tauride (21)
- J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice) (37)
- Je cède à vos désirs - D'une image, hélas! trop chérie (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (4)
- Le belle immagini d'un dolce amore (from Paride ed Elena) (6)
- Non, cet affreux devoir... Je t'implore et je tremble (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (7)
- Non, je n'espere plus... O toi qui prolongeas mes jours (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (5)
- O del mio dolce ardor (from Paride ed Elena) (38)
- O malheureuse Iphigenie! (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (11)
- Orfeo ed Euridice (43)
- Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Furies (7)
- Orfeo ed Euridice (highlights) (3)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Ballo (3)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie (36)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Overture (4)
- Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (149)
- Orphée et Eurydice (20)
- Paride ed Elena (4)
- Qu'entends-je? Qu'a-t-il dit?... Amour, viens rendre a mon ame (from Orphée et Eurydice, after Bertini) (6)
- Qual vita è questa mai...Che fiero momento (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (4)
- Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (from La clemenza di Tito) (7)
- Sinfonia in G major (3)
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