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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
Young Gluck was a singer in a church choir and thus decided to study music in Prague although his parents wanted him to work in the forest. Having to earn his own money he worked as a part-time musician and finished his studies in Milan where he wrote his first Italian style opera. Impressing the audience he was invited to London where he had ...
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Died:(age 73) in Vienna, Austria, Habsburg Monarchy, Holy Roman Empire [now Austria] |
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2015
Bleeding Heart
(writer: "Orphee Et Euridice: Act III Scene 1: Viens, Viens, Euridice, Suis-Moi")
2008
Disgrace
(writer: "Ah! Taci Barbaro ... Come Potesti Oh Dio", "Di Questra Cetra in Seno (Il Parnaso Confuso)" - as Christoph Willibald von Gluck')
2008
John Adams
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Reunion
(2008)
... (writer: "Orphée Et Euridice" - as Christoph Wilibald Gluck)
2006
American Experience
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- John & Abigail Adams
(2006)
... (writer: "O Malheureuse Iphigenie")
2004
A Voice Out of the Cold: Vivica Genaux
(TV Movie documentary) (music: "Che farò senza Euridice?")
2003
Angels in America
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Millennium Approaches: Bad News
(2003)
... (writer: "Complainte d'Eurydice" - as G.W. Gluck)
2002
Robbery Homicide Division
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Free and Clear
(2002)
... (writer: "O Del Mio Dolce Ardor")
2002
The Forsyte Saga
(TV Mini-Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.5
(2002)
... (writer: "Orfeo and Eurydice" - uncredited)
2000
Attraction
(writer: "Paride ed Elena, opera in 5 acts, Wq. 39: O, del mio dolce ardor" - as Christoph Willibald Von Gluck)
1937
The Golden Apple
(TV Short) (music: "The Judgement of Paris" (ballet music) - as Gluck, uncredited)
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Music department (27 credits)
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