Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
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Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Aulide* is an 18th-century French tragédie lyrique that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with Gluck’s reformist emphasis on dramatic expression and musical simplicity.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Christoph Willibald Gluck's later operas | 1 |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide canonical | 1 |
| Gluck’s reform operas | 1 |
| Iphigénie en Aulide (Gluck) | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide Context triple: [Iphigenia in Aulis, influenced, Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide]
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
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Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck was an 18th-century German composer best known for reforming opera by emphasizing dramatic coherence and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
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Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 tragédie lyrique by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s Phèdre and renowned for its innovative orchestration and harmonic daring in the French Baroque opera repertoire.
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L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide Target entity description: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera *Iphigénie en Aulide* is an 18th-century French tragédie lyrique that reimagines the Greek myth of Iphigenia with Gluck’s reformist emphasis on dramatic expression and musical simplicity.
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A.
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
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Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
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C.
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck was an 18th-century German composer best known for reforming opera by emphasizing dramatic coherence and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
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D.
Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 tragédie lyrique by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s Phèdre and renowned for its innovative orchestration and harmonic daring in the French Baroque opera repertoire.
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E.
L'Orfeo
L'Orfeo is a pioneering early Baroque opera by Claudio Monteverdi, often regarded as one of the first great masterpieces of the operatic repertoire.
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Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
opera
ⓘ
tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| basedOn | Greek myth of Iphigenia ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Wq.40 ⓘ |
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ |
| contains |
arias
ⓘ
ballet music ⓘ choruses ⓘ recitatives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
dramatic expression
ⓘ
musical simplicity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Achille
ⓘ
linked to:
Achilles
Agamemnon ⓘ Arcas ⓘ Calchas ⓘ Clytemnestre ⓘ
linked to:
Clytemnestra
Diane ⓘ Iphigénie ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia
|
| firstPerformanceCompany |
Paris Opéra
ⓘ
linked to:
Paris Opera
|
| followedBy | Alceste ⓘ |
| follows | Gluck’s operatic reform principles ⓘ |
| genre | tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| historicalContext | early phase of Gluck’s French career ⓘ |
| influenced | later French opera ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist |
François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet
ⓘ
Lebeau de Chaussegros de Léry ⓘ |
| mythologicalSource |
Euripides’ Iphigenia in Aulis
ⓘ
linked to:
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
|
| notableNumber |
“Par un père cruel”
ⓘ
“Ô ciel! de quelle ivresse” ⓘ |
| orchestration | classical orchestra with prominent strings and winds ⓘ |
| partOf | Gluck’s reform operas ⓘ |
| period | 18th century ⓘ |
| precededBy | Orfeo ed Euridice ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1774-04-19 ⓘ |
| premieredUnderReignOf |
Louis XVI
ⓘ
linked to:
Louis XVI of France
|
| premierePlace |
Académie Royale de Musique, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie royale de musique
|
| publisher | Parisian music publishers of the late 18th century ⓘ |
| revisedBy | Richard Wagner ⓘ |
| revisionLanguage | German ⓘ |
| revisionPremierePlace | Weimar ⓘ |
| setting | Greek camp at Aulis ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style | Gluckian reform opera ⓘ |
| subject | sacrifice of Iphigenia ⓘ |
| theme |
conflict between duty and parental love
ⓘ
divine intervention ⓘ |
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subject linked to:
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides)
linked to: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
subject linked to:
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
linked to: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
linked to: Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide