Articles related to "Christoph Willibald Gluck"

Christoph W. Gluck's biography - his life, music and influence on 18th-century operatic reforms.

Alceste (Alcestis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information.

Brief biography of Antonio Sacchini, Italian Opera composer of the Classical Era best-known for opera seria. Famous for 'Oedipe a Colonne.'

Opera 'Armide' by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot synopsis, character list, and other Gluck opera information.

French opera Iphigénie en Aulide (Iphigenia in Aulis) by Christoph Willibald von Gluck: plot summary, character list, and other C.W. Gluck opera information

In 17th and 18th century Italian opera, adolescent boys and young men were often played by castrati. As castrati singers died out, women dressed as men took on the roles.