Christoph Willibald Gluck
Date of Death: November 15, 1787 (73)
Latest News on Christoph Willibald Gluck:
Gluck's Two Iphigénie Operas Will Open The GNO's 2024/25 Season (Oct 10, 2024)
HADESTOWN Star André De Shields To Host ORPHEUS SINGS At Orchestra Lumos (Sep 25, 2024)
Bard Music Festival To Present BERLIOZ AND HIS WORLD This August (Jul 24, 2024)
Gluck's Two Iphigénie Operas Will Open The GNO's 2024/25 Season (Oct 10, 2024)
HADESTOWN Star André De Shields To Host ORPHEUS SINGS At Orchestra Lumos (Sep 25, 2024)
Bard Music Festival To Present BERLIOZ AND HIS WORLD This August (Jul 24, 2024)
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Gluck's Two Iphigénie Operas Will Open The GNO's 2024/25 Season
The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera commences with a significant artistic challenge. Gluck’s two famous operas based on the ancient Greek legend of Iphigenia –Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride– will be presented together for the first time in a double bill.
The 2024/25 season of the Greek National Opera commences with a significant artistic challenge. Gluck’s two famous operas based on the ancient Greek legend of Iphigenia –Iphigénie en Aulide and Iphigénie en Tauride– will be presented together for the first time in a double bill.
HADESTOWN Star André De Shields To Host ORPHEUS SINGS At Orchestra Lumos
After acting as narrator for the Orpheus myth in Hadestown on Broadway, Tony-winner André De Shields will host Orchestra Lumos' 'Orpheus Sings'.
After acting as narrator for the Orpheus myth in Hadestown on Broadway, Tony-winner André De Shields will host Orchestra Lumos' 'Orpheus Sings'.
Bard Music Festival To Present BERLIOZ AND HIS WORLD This August
The Bard Music Festival will present a celebration of French Romantic composer Berlioz with 11 themed concerts, 5 livestreams, and more, starting August 9.
The Bard Music Festival will present a celebration of French Romantic composer Berlioz with 11 themed concerts, 5 livestreams, and more, starting August 9.
Review: SARASOTA BALLET GALA - ASHTON WORLDWIDE, Royal Opera House
The final Ashton Worldwide bill at the Royal Opera House (23-24 season) was a Gala programme performed by the Sarasota Ballet in the Linbury Theatre
The final Ashton Worldwide bill at the Royal Opera House (23-24 season) was a Gala programme performed by the Sarasota Ballet in the Linbury Theatre
Bard Music Festival Presents BERLIOZ & HIS WORLD In August
This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.
This August, the Bard Music Festival returns for its 34th season with an intensive two-week exploration of “Berlioz and His World.” In eleven themed concert programs, the festival examines the life and times of visionary French composer Hector Berlioz, whose grand-scale works, startling sonorities, and advanced literary leanings helped redefine musical Romanticism.
The Fisher Center at Bard Unveils SummerScape 2024 Programming Featuring Theater, Opera, Dance & More
The Fisher Center at Bard has revealed its SummerScape 2024 programming, running June 20 – August 18, 2024.
The Fisher Center at Bard has revealed its SummerScape 2024 programming, running June 20 – August 18, 2024.
Review: ORPHEE ET EURYDICE at Grand Théâtre
In this timeless tale of love and tragedy, the hero Orpheus (Marie-Claude Chappuis) ventures to the depths of the underworld to retrieve his deceased wife, Eurydice (Mirella Hagen), only to discover that even when working under the grace of gods, fate can be very hard to overcome.
In this timeless tale of love and tragedy, the hero Orpheus (Marie-Claude Chappuis) ventures to the depths of the underworld to retrieve his deceased wife, Eurydice (Mirella Hagen), only to discover that even when working under the grace of gods, fate can be very hard to overcome.
Photos: First Look at Pittsburgh Opera's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE
Pittsburgh Opera continues its 2023–24 Season with Iphigénie en Tauride. Composed in 1779 by Christoph Willibald Gluck, and based on Euripides’ great Greek drama Iphigenia in Tauris, it is the powerful Trojan War-era tale of a sister whose duty requires that she kill a man who turns out to be her brother. Check out photos here!
Pittsburgh Opera continues its 2023–24 Season with Iphigénie en Tauride. Composed in 1779 by Christoph Willibald Gluck, and based on Euripides’ great Greek drama Iphigenia in Tauris, it is the powerful Trojan War-era tale of a sister whose duty requires that she kill a man who turns out to be her brother. Check out photos here!
MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January
MÉDÉE comes to Teatr Wielki in January. Performances will run 21-28 January, 2024.
MÉDÉE comes to Teatr Wielki in January. Performances will run 21-28 January, 2024.
Aires Otoñales Ofrecerá Un Viaje Por Las Emociones Humanas En El Museo Mural Diego Rivera
Discover the emotional journey of human emotions in the concert 'Aires otoñales' at the Museo Mural Diego Rivera. Mezzosoprano Estefanya Márquez and soprano Alejandra Toledo will present arias from the opera tradition. Free admission on November 10th at 6:30 PM.
Discover the emotional journey of human emotions in the concert 'Aires otoñales' at the Museo Mural Diego Rivera. Mezzosoprano Estefanya Márquez and soprano Alejandra Toledo will present arias from the opera tradition. Free admission on November 10th at 6:30 PM.
Interview: Marshall Pynkoski And Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg of Opera Atelier on ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
Opera Atelier opens its 2023-2024 season on October 26th at the Elgin Theatre with Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. BroadwayWorld spoke to Opera Atelier's founding co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. about what makes this take on the famous myth so unique.
Opera Atelier opens its 2023-2024 season on October 26th at the Elgin Theatre with Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE. BroadwayWorld spoke to Opera Atelier's founding co-artistic directors Marshall Pynkoski C.M. and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg C.M. about what makes this take on the famous myth so unique.
El Estudio De La "pera De Bellas Artes Se Une A La Celebración Por Las Cuatro Décadas Del Debut De Ramón Vargas
Emoción y entusiasmo expresan quienes integran la actual generación del Estudio de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (EOBA) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), por su participación en el concierto operístico al lado del tenor Ramón Vargas, quien celebrará este domingo los 40 años de su debut en el Palacio de Bellas Artes.
Emoción y entusiasmo expresan quienes integran la actual generación del Estudio de la Ópera de Bellas Artes (EOBA) del Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (Inbal), por su participación en el concierto operístico al lado del tenor Ramón Vargas, quien celebrará este domingo los 40 años de su debut en el Palacio de Bellas Artes.
MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024
MEDEE comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024. Performances run 21-28 January.
MEDEE comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024. Performances run 21-28 January.
MEDEE Comes to Teatr Wielki in January 2024
What kind of circumstances can lead a mother to commit infanticide? The story of Medea has fascinated artists for centuries, opera creators included. The libretto of Luigi Cherubini’s work, originally staged in Paris in 1797, is a condensation of the tale known from classical mythology.
What kind of circumstances can lead a mother to commit infanticide? The story of Medea has fascinated artists for centuries, opera creators included. The libretto of Luigi Cherubini’s work, originally staged in Paris in 1797, is a condensation of the tale known from classical mythology.
Review: ONLY AN OCTAVE APART at Spoleto Festival USA
Starring Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond, ONLY AN OCTAVE demonstrates how much we've changed - and how much we haven't - since Carol Burnett and Beverly Sills first sang the song in 1976, one year before Spoleto arrived in Charleston. But what about 2011, when Taylor Mac strutted onstage and proclaimed, 'This is my festival bitches!'?
Starring Anthony Roth Costanzo and Justin Vivian Bond, ONLY AN OCTAVE demonstrates how much we've changed - and how much we haven't - since Carol Burnett and Beverly Sills first sang the song in 1976, one year before Spoleto arrived in Charleston. But what about 2011, when Taylor Mac strutted onstage and proclaimed, 'This is my festival bitches!'?
Boston Baroque Presents Gluck's IPHIGENIE EN TAURIDE This April
Boston Baroque's 50th Season concludes with the much-anticipated annual staged opera with performances of Gluck's rarely-heard Iphigénie en Tauride. Performances will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 8pm, Friday, April 21 at 8pm, and Sunday, April 23 at 3pm at GBH's Calderwood Studio in Brighton, MA. The Friday evening performance will also be livestreamed on the global streaming platform IDAGIO, welcoming virtual audiences around the world alongside live studio audiences on site.
Boston Baroque's 50th Season concludes with the much-anticipated annual staged opera with performances of Gluck's rarely-heard Iphigénie en Tauride. Performances will take place on Thursday, April 20 at 8pm, Friday, April 21 at 8pm, and Sunday, April 23 at 3pm at GBH's Calderwood Studio in Brighton, MA. The Friday evening performance will also be livestreamed on the global streaming platform IDAGIO, welcoming virtual audiences around the world alongside live studio audiences on site.
OPERA America Awards Opera Grants For Women Stage Directors And Conductors
OPERA America has announced the first-round recipients of the 2023 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors.
OPERA America has announced the first-round recipients of the 2023 Opera Grants for Women Stage Directors and Conductors.
Review: ORPHEE+ Dazzles Edmonton at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Director Joel Ivany presents a wildly imaginative interpretation of the 18th-century classic.
Director Joel Ivany presents a wildly imaginative interpretation of the 18th-century classic.
San Francisco Opera Presents New Production Of Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
San Francisco Opera presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's eighteenth-century masterwork Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) from November 15–December 1.
San Francisco Opera presents Christoph Willibald Gluck's eighteenth-century masterwork Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) from November 15–December 1.
San Francisco Opera Announces Casting Update For Gluck's ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE
San Francisco Opera announced a cast change for its upcoming new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice), opening November 15. Soprano Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production.
San Francisco Opera announced a cast change for its upcoming new production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orpheus and Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice), opening November 15. Soprano Meigui Zhang will make her role debut as Eurydice, replacing Christina Gansch who is expecting her second child and has withdrawn from the production.
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