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

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