Canon
Where to start with Gluck
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
StageIphigénie en Tauride,, Wq. 46 — Opera
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OrchestralBallettmusik
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VocalEinem Bach..., for voice and piano
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StageOrfeo ed Euridice — Opera
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StageAlessandro — Ballet
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StageAntigono, Wq.21 — Opera
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StageArmide, Wq.45 — Opera
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StageDon Juan — Ballet
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StageEzio, Wq.15 — Opera
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StageIl Parnaso confuso, Wq.33
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StageIphigénie en Aulide
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StageL'innocenza giustificata, Wq. 20 — Opera
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StageL'ivrogne corrigé ou le mariage du diable
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StageLa Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq.13 — Opera
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StageLa clemenza di Tito, Wq.16 — Opera
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Gluck's catalogueMost Popular
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Orfeo ed Euridice — Dance of the Blessed Spirits
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Iphigénie en Tauride
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Alceste
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Che farò senza Euridice
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Don Juan (ballet)
Most Acclaimed
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Orfeo ed Euridice (1762 Vienna version)
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Iphigénie en Tauride
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Armide
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Alceste
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Iphigénie en Aulide
Most Weird
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Don Juan (ballet)the original Don Juan story — violent, dark, and ends in Hell; unusual for ballet in 1761
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Paride ed Elena (opera)Paris and Helen — Gluck’s most neglected reform opera
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Orfeo ed Euridice: comparison of 1762 vs 1774the same opera completely rewritten in French for Paris; the two versions are radically different
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Iphigénie en Tauride — Storm openingopera opens with a real storm onstage — unusual realism for 18th century opera
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La Corona (opera — unperformed in his lifetime)
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 30
- Stage
- ● Iphigénie en Tauride,, Wq. 46 — Opera
- ● Orfeo ed Euridice — Opera
- Alessandro — Ballet
- Antigono, Wq.21 — Opera
- Armide, Wq.45 — Opera
- Don Juan — Ballet
- Ezio, Wq.15 — Opera
- Il Parnaso confuso, Wq.33
- Iphigénie en Aulide
- L'innocenza giustificata, Wq. 20 — Opera
- L'ivrogne corrigé ou le mariage du diable
- La Semiramide riconosciuta, Wq.13 — Opera
- La clemenza di Tito, Wq.16 — Opera
- La corona, Wq. 35
- La rencontre imprévue, Wq.32 — Opera
- Le cadi dupé, Wq.29 — Opera
- Le feste d'Apollo, Wq.38 — Opera
- Les pèlerins de la Mecque ou La rencontre imprévue, Wq.32
- Paride ed Elena — Opera
- Telemacco, nell'isola di Circè, Wq.34 — Opera
- Orchestral
- Ballettmusik
- Sinfonia in G
- Symphony concertante in D major, Wq. deest, Chen D6
- Symphony in A major, Wq. deest, Chen A1, "Regensburger"
- Symphony in D major, Wq. 165.2, Chen D2
- Symphony in F major, Wq. 165.5, Chen F1
- Symphony in G major, Wq. deest, Chen G3,, "Weimarer"
- Vocal
- Einem Bach..., for voice and piano
- O del mio doce ardor, aria for tenor
- Oh Dei, che dolce incanto, aria for soprano