Gluck, Christoph Willibald Ritter von, 1714-1787 (composer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1714 - 1787
Biography
Christoph Willibald, Ritter von Gluck (1714-87), Austrian composer. Orfeo ed Euridice was first performed in 1762. An adapted version was performed in Parma in 1769. Gluck's opera 'Orfeo ed Euridice' was first performed in 1762. The French version 'Orphée et Euridice' was first performed in Paris in August 1774.