In the mid-1700s, Christoph Willibald Gluck overthrew the musical excesses around him. A marathon double bill in France shows the vibrancy of his vision. By Zachary Woolfe Reporting from ...

Some obscure early operas being dug up these days deserve to remain obscure. Not so Christoph Willibald Gluck’s “Paride ed Elena.” Premiered in Vienna in 1770, this five-act “drama per musica” is ...

In May of 1774, 15 years before the French Revolution, the 18-year-old Marie Antoinette ascended the throne as queen of France. Less than a month before that, German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck ...

It’s a tale familiar from Virgil and Ovid. The beautiful Eurydice, newly married to the musician Orpheus, is killed by a snakebite. Overcome with grief, Orpheus descends to Hades to bring her back to ...

Love lost, regained, lost again ...? Is there a sadder tale to tell than that mythic one of Orpheus and Eurydice? He braves the dangers of hell to bring his beloved back from the dead but blows it ...

The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera commences with a significant artistic challenge. Gluck’s two famous operas based on the ancient Greek legend of Iphigenia –Iphigénie en Aulide and ...

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of one of his operatic favourites, Christoph Willibald Gluck. Macleod describes himself as "a huge fan" of the music of this week's Composer Of The Week, ...

Of the six composers whose names adorn the proscenium arch of the Metropolitan Opera, Christoph Willibald Gluck is the oldest (1714-87), the least honored, the least sung.* Four of his 42 operas have ...

We're in concert with an orchestra called Europa Galante, and music by Boccherini and Gluck. It's a pair of encores from a concert in Germany. First, Fabio Biondi leads Europa Galante in a movement ...

HOHENFELS, Germany -- Hohenfels Military Community members James and Patricia Hannon joined in the 300th birthday celebration of German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, recently, as part of an ...