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Category: German composers

141. Alceste (Gluck)

Gluck's reform opera: boring or beautiful?

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Austrian / Viennese opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck 12 Comments June 9, 2019August 8, 2026 11 Minutes

33. Orfeo ed Euridice / Orphée et Eurydice (Gluck)

In which Gluck reforms opera with a prehistoric sun-myth.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, Austrian / Viennese opera, French opera, German composers, Gluck 14 Comments May 30, 2019August 8, 2026 32 Minutes

135. Croesus (Keiser)

The adventurous opera lover should seek out the buried treasures of Croesus.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, German composers, German opera, Reinhard Keiser 9 Comments May 15, 2019August 8, 2026 5 Minutes

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