Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- July 2, 1714
- Died
- November 15, 1787 (aged 73)
- Birthplace
- Erasbach, Germany
Biography
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a German 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 at the time, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court in 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 orchestral recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera.
Known For
Filmography
Orfeo ed Euridice – Teatro Regio di Parma
Movie · Music
Les musiques de Fontainebleau au Théâtre impérial
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Fontainebleau Journey - Women's Music at the French Court
Movie · Original Music Composer
Iphigenie en Aulide / Iphigénie en Tauride @ Festival d'Aix-en-Provence 2024
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dancing Pina
Movie · Music
Gluck: Orpheus & Eurydice @ Halle 47, Floirac
Movie · Original Music Composer
Malandain Ballet Biarritz: Marie-Antoinette - 2019
Movie · Music Producer
Orfeo ed Euridice - New National Theatre Tokyo
Movie · Music
Gluck: Alceste
Movie · Music
Alceste - Teatro La Fenice
Movie · Music
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Movie · Music
Gluck - Orphée et Eurydice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lionel Bringuier & Nelson Freire Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Movie · Music
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orpheus and Eurydice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orphée et Eurydice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Iphigénie en Aulide
Movie · Musician
Jockey, professor och folkkär målare
Movie · Music
Orfeo Ed Euridice
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orpheus and Eurydice
Movie · Music
The Refuge
Movie · Music
Kouzelný strom
Movie · Original Music Composer
Réjeanne Padovani
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moulage
Movie · Music