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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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical work
opera
acts 4
alsoKnownAs Iphigenia in Tauris NERFINISHED
basedOn Iphigenia in Tauris by Euripides NERFINISHED
catalogueDesignation WV 46
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
movement opera reform
notableFor landmark work of 18th-century operatic reform
orchestration classical orchestra with prominent chorus
originalCompany Paris Opéra NERFINISHED
period Classical era
premiereDate 1779-05-18
premierePlace Paris, France NERFINISHED
premiereTheatre Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED
setting Tauris
style through-composed dramatic continuity
subject Greek mythology NERFINISHED
Iphigenia NERFINISHED
Orestes NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfWork Antiquity (mythological setting) NERFINISHED
title Iphigénie en Tauride NERFINISHED
workNumberingSystem Gluck Werkverzeichnis (WV) NERFINISHED

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