Christoph Willibald Gluck

This fast-paced and energetic piece is a wonderful introduction to the music of this Classical era composer, known as the father of the opera. A spectacular overture, now superbly arranged for strings...

für Frauenchor und Klavier oder Orgel oder a cappella

Opéra comique in 3 Akten. Klavierauszug (französisch/deutsch) nach dem Urtext der Gluck-Gesamtausgabe. Sopran solo (4), Tenor solo (3), Bass solo (3) 2 Spr, Piccolo, Flöte, Oboe (2), Englischhorn (2),...

Drame lyrique in three acts and a prologue (1779) Libretto: Louis-Théodore Baron de Tschudi (after "Narcissos ed Eco" from Ovid's Metamorfosi) (French) Premiere: September 24, 1779, Paris, Opéra (Pala...

Dramma per musica in tre atti - Sopran solo (4), Alt solo, Tenor solo, Flöte (2), Oboe (2), Fagott (2), Horn (2), Trompete (2), Pauke, Streicher, Cembalo - Klavierauszug; Gesamtausgabe; Urtextausgabe

In 1768, Gluck was asked by Empress Maria Theresa to compose a festive opera in Parma on the occasion of the wedding of her daughter Maria Amalia to Ferdinand of Spain. The composer accepted the commi...

The premiere of the azione teatrale "Orfeo ed Euridice" in Vienna in 1762 was a significant event in the history of music theater/With this work, the composer rebelled against the rigid conventions of...

Christoph Willibald Gluck's four-act opera on 'the curse of the Tantalides' is based on a tragedy by the ancient Greek dramatist Euripides that was particularly popular in the 18th century. Gluck's se...

Christoph Willibald Gluck's four-act opera about the curse of the Tantalids is based on a tragedy by the classical Greek playwright Euripides. The mythological subject of the siblings Iphigenia and Or...