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myth of Orpheus. Premiere. 5 October 1762. ( 1762-10-05) . Burgtheater, Vienna. Orfeo ed Euridice ( [orˈfɛ.o e.d‿ewˈri.di.t͡ʃe]; French: Orphée et Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi.
Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–87) was born in Bavaria and studied music in Milan. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, attracting students and disciples to his philosophy of an all-encompassing operatic-theatrical experience. His librettist for Orfeo ed Euridice was the remarkable Italian poet Ranieri de’Calzabigi (1714–95 ...
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30 (Gluck, Christoph Willibald) Movements/Sections. 3 acts. Composition Year. 1762. Genre Categories. Operas; Theatrical Works; For voices, mixed chorus, orchestra; Related Works. Revised extensively in 1774 as Orphée et Eurydice, Wq.41.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice, premiered in 1762 in Vienna, is the best known of all the musical versions and, until Handel’s operas began to be performed at the Met in the 1980s, was one of the very few pre-Mozart compositions in the company’s repertory.
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice. “I agree with you that of all my compositions Orphée is the only acceptable one. I ask forgiveness of the god of taste for having deafened my audience with my other operas.” —Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), writing to Jean François de la Harpe in 1777.
In Christoph Willibald Gluck: The late works of Christoph Willibald Gluck. His libretto for Orfeo ed Euridice, partly based on the theories and practices of such literary men as D. Diderot, F.M. von Grimm, Rousseau, and Voltaire, was enthusiastically greeted by Gluck’s friends, who immediately brought the two together.
Christoph Willibald Gluck is one of the great reformers of opera, departing from the tried and tested genres of opera seria in the 18th century: Metastasio’s drama per musica and Rameau’s tragédie lyrique.
