Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck
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"Alceste" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is an 18th-century opera that exemplifies his reformist style, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck canonical | 1 |
| opera Alceste | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck Context triple: [Alcestis, influenced, Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck]
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Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
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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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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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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Capriccio
Capriccio is a late opera by Richard Strauss that explores the primacy of words versus music in opera through an elegant, conversational “conversation piece” set in 18th-century France.
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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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- 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: Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck Target entity description: "Alceste" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is an 18th-century opera that exemplifies his reformist style, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
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A.
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
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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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.
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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D.
Capriccio
Capriccio is a late opera by Richard Strauss that explores the primacy of words versus music in opera through an elegant, conversational “conversation piece” set in 18th-century France.
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E.
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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Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Alceste, ossia L’amore sincero ⓘ |
| basedOn | Alcestis by Euripides ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Gluck’s operatic reform works ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Wq.44 ⓘ |
| character |
Admetus
ⓘ
Alceste ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Hercules ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
Viennese court
ⓘ
linked to:
Habsburg court
|
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ |
| contains |
arias
ⓘ
choruses ⓘ overture ⓘ recitatives ⓘ |
| deemphasizes | virtuosic display ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalGoal | unity of drama and music ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
dramatic integrity
ⓘ
expressive simplicity ⓘ |
| era | early Classical music ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key work of Gluck’s operatic reform ⓘ |
| influenced | later Classical-era opera ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| librettist |
Ranieri de' Calzabigi
ⓘ
linked to:
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi
|
| notableAria | Divinités du Styx ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
prominent use of chorus
ⓘ
reduced coloratura ⓘ |
| period | Classical mythology ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1767-12-26 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Burgtheater, Vienna ⓘ |
| premiereTheatreType | court theatre ⓘ |
| revisedPerformanceCity | Paris ⓘ |
| revisedVersionLanguage | French ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereDate | 1776-04-23 ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremierePlace |
Académie Royale de Musique, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie royale de musique
|
| setting | Thessaly ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style | reform opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | self-sacrifice of Alceste for her husband Admetus ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
conjugal love
ⓘ
heroic sacrifice ⓘ |
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linked to: Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck