Gluck WV 46

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Gluck WV 46 is the catalogue designation for Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera "Iphigénie en Tauride," a landmark work of 18th-century operatic reform.

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instanceOf musical work ⓘ
opera ⓘ
acts 4 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Iphigenia in Tauris ⓘ
basedOn Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia in Tauris
catalogueDesignation WV 46 ⓘ
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
era 18th century ⓘ
genre opera seria reform ⓘ
tragédie lyrique ⓘ
hasPart arias ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
ensembles ⓘ
overture ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
influenced later French grand opera ⓘ
influencedBy French tragédie lyrique tradition ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Nicolas-François Guillard ⓘ
movement opera reform ⓘ
notableFor landmark work of 18th-century operatic reform ⓘ
orchestration classical orchestra with prominent chorus ⓘ
originalCompany Paris Opéra ⓘ
linked to: Paris Opera
period Classical era ⓘ
premiereDate 1779-05-18 ⓘ
premierePlace Paris, France ⓘ
linked to: Paris
premiereTheatre Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
setting Tauris ⓘ
style through-composed dramatic continuity ⓘ
subject Greek mythology ⓘ
Iphigenia ⓘ
Orestes ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork Antiquity (mythological setting) ⓘ
linked to: Antiquity
title Iphigénie en Tauride ⓘ
linked to: Iphigenia in Tauris
workNumberingSystem Gluck Werkverzeichnis (WV) ⓘ

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