Marius-François-Louis Gand Lebland Bailli Du Roullet

In 1774, Gluck had undertaken to provide six stage works for the Paris Académie Royale de Musique. He partly fulfilled this commission with reworkings of works already premiered in Vienna, such as "Or...

Iphigénie en Aulide is the first of six operas that Gluck composed on behalf of the Académie Royale de Musique. In line with his reformist ideas, the composer declared that he wanted to create noble,...