Paride ed Elena
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Paride ed Elena is an 18th-century opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, known for its role in his reform of opera seria through greater dramatic coherence and musical simplicity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Paride ed Elena canonical | 6 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera
ⓘ
opera seria ⓘ |
| basedOn |
myth of Paris and Helen
ⓘ
story of the Judgment of Paris ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | third of Gluck’s major Italian reform operas ⓘ |
| character |
Amor
ⓘ
surface form:
Amore
Elena ⓘ Pallade ⓘ Paride ⓘ |
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ |
| compositionDecade | 1770s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
ⓘ
surface form:
Habsburg Monarchy
|
| dramaturgicalAim | unity of drama and music ⓘ |
| era | Classical period in music ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna ⓘ |
| follows |
Alceste
ⓘ
Orfeo ed Euridice ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| hasMythologicalCharacters | Greek mythology ⓘ |
| hasRoleType | title roles for soprano voices ⓘ |
| historicalContext | pre-Classical era ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Ranieri de’ Calzabigi ⓘ |
| librettoLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| movement | opera reform ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dramatic coherence
ⓘ
musical simplicity ⓘ reform of opera seria ⓘ |
| numberOfActs | 3 ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature | emphasis on dramatic expression over virtuosity ⓘ |
| originalTitleLanguage | Italian ⓘ |
| partOf | Gluck’s reform operas ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| premiereCityCountry |
Vienna
ⓘ
surface form:
Vienna, Austria
|
| premiereDate | 1770-11-03 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Vienna ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre |
Burgtheater, Vienna
ⓘ
surface form:
Burgtheater
|
| setting | Sparta ⓘ |
| structure | recitatives and arias with reduced vocal display ⓘ |
| style | Classical ⓘ |
| subject |
events leading to the Trojan War
ⓘ
love of Paris and Helen ⓘ |
| workTitle | Paride ed Elena self-link ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Christoph Willibald Gluck