Gluck's opera reform

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical reform movement
gptkbp:aimsTo simplifying opera seria
gptkbp:beganIn 1760s
gptkbp:criticizedFor opera seria conventions
gptkbp:emphasizes dramatic expression
unity of music and drama
gptkbp:firstManifesto gptkb:Alceste_preface_(1767)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gluck's opera reform
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
opera composers of the Classical period
opera in Vienna and Paris
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:French_tragédie_lyrique
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Christoph_Willibald_Gluck
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Alceste
gptkb:Orfeo_ed_Euridice
gptkb:Iphigénie_en_Tauride
gptkbp:opposedBy da capo aria structure
gptkbp:reduces recitative-aria contrast
virtuosic ornamentation
gptkbp:soughtBy serve the poetry and drama
gptkbp:supportedBy librettist Ranieri de' Calzabigi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Alceste_by_Gluck
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7