List of operas by Gluck

This is a complete list of the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) – 49 works in all.[1]

TitleGenreSub­divisionsLibrettoPremiere datePlace, theatreNotes
Artasersedramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1741-12-2626 December 1741Milan, Regio Ducal2 arias preserved
Demetrio (Cleonice)dramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1742-05-022 May 1742Venice, S Samuele8 arias preserved
Demofoontedramma per musica3 actsMetastasio's Demofonte1743-01-066 January 1743Milan, Regio Ducalsinfonia, recitative and one aria lost
TigraneIl Tigranedramma per musica3 actsGoldoniCarlo Goldoni, after Francesco Silvani's La virtù trionfante dell’amore1743-09-2626 September 1743Crema11 arias and a duet preserved
SofonisbaLa Sofonisbadramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1744-01-1818 January 1744Milan, Regio Ducal10 arias and a duet preserved
Ipermestradramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1744-11-2121 November 1744Venice, Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo
Porodramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1744-12-2626 December 1744Turin, Teatro Regiosinfonia, 4 arias and a duet preserved
Ippolitodramma per musica3 actsCorioG.G. Corio1745-01-3131 January 1745Milan, Regio Ducal6 arias and a duet preserved
cadutaLa caduta de' gigantidramma per musica2 actsVanneschiFrancesco Vanneschi1746-01-077 January 1746London, King's Theatre5 arias and a duet preserved
Artamenedramma per musica3 actsVanneschiFrancesco Vanneschi ?, after B Vitturi1746-03-044 March 1746London, King's Theatre6 arias preserved
nozzeLe nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebedramma per musica2 acts1747-06-2929 June 1747Dresden, Pillnitz Castle
SemiramideLa Semiramide riconosciutadramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1748-05-1414 May 1748Vienna, Burgtheater
contesaLa contesa de' numifesta teatrale2 actsMetastasio1749-04-099 April 1749Copenhagen, Charlottenborg
Ezio (first version)dramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1750-04-01Carnival, 1750Prague
Issipiledramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1752-04-01Carnival, 1752Prague3 arias preserved
clemenzaLa clemenza di Titodramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1752-11-044 November 1752Naples, Teatro di San Carlo
cinesiLe cinesicomponimento drammatico[2]1 actMetastasio1754-09-2424 September 1754Vienna, Schlosshof
danzaLa danzacomponimento pastorale1 actMetastasio1755-05-055 May 1755Laxenburg
innocenzaL'innocenza giustificatafesta teatrale1 actDurazzoGiacomo Durazzo, after Metastasio1755-12-088 December 1755Vienna, Burgtheater
Antigonodramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1756-02-099 February 1756Rome, Teatro Argentina
reIl re pastoredramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1756-12-088 December 1756Vienna, Burgtheater
fausseLa fausse esclave (revised as La vestale)opéra comique1 actAnseaumeafter Louis Anseaume and Pierre Augustin Lefèvre de Marcouville's La fausse aventurière1758-01-088 January 1758Vienna, Burgtheater
ileL'île de Merlin, ou Le monde renverséopéra comique1 actAnseaumeLouis Anseaume, after Alain René Lesage and D’Orneval's Le monde renversé1758-10-033 October 1758Vienna, Schönbrunn
La Cythère assiégée (first version)opéra comique1 actFavartCharles Simon Favart, after Favart and Barthélemy-Christophe Fagou's Le puvoir de l’amour ou Le siegè de Cythère1759-01-01New Year 1759Vienna, Burgtheater
diableLe diable à quatre, ou La double métamorphoseopéra comique3 actsSedaineMichel Jean Sedaine and Pierre Baurans, after Charles Coffey's The Devil to Pay1759-05-2828 May 1759Laxenburg
arbre1L'arbre enchanté, ou Le tuteur dupé (first version)opéra comique1 actVadeafter Jean-Joseph Vadé's Le poirier1759-10-033 October 1759Vienna, Schönbrunn
ivrogneL'ivrogne corrigé ou le mariage du diableopéra comique2 actsAnseaumeLouis Anseaume and Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre1760-04-00April 1760Vienna, Burgtheater
Tetideserenata2 actsMigliavaccaGiovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca1760-10-1010 October 1760Vienna, Hofburg
cadiLe cadi dupéopéra comique1 actLourdierafter Jean-Baptiste Lourdier1761-12-088 December 1761Vienna, Burgtheater
Orfeo ed Euridiceazione teatrale3 actsCalzabigiRanieri de' Calzabigi1762-10-055 October 1762Vienna, Burgtheaterscore
trionfoIl trionfo di Cleliadramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1763-05-1414 May 1763Bologna, Teatro Comunale
Ezio (second version)dramma per musica3 actsMetastasio1763-12-2626 December 1763Vienna, Burgtheater
rencontreLa rencontre imprévueopéra comique3 actsDancourtL. H. Dancourt, after Alain René Lesage and D’Orneval's Les pèlerins de la Mecque1764-01-077 January 1764Vienna, Burgtheater
ParnasoIl Parnaso confusoserenata1 actMetastasio1765-01-2424 January 1765Vienna, Schönbrunn
Telemaco, ossia L'isola di Circedramma per musica3 actsColtelliniMarco Coltellini, after Carlo Sigismondo Capece1765-01-3030 January 1765Vienna, Burgtheater
coronaLa coronaazione teatrale1 actMetastasio1765-10-04intended for 4 October 1765 but unperformed, premiere 13 November 1987Vienna, Schönbrunn (1987)
prologoIl prologo0prologueRossoLorenzo Ottavio del Rosso1767-02-2222 February 1767Florence, Teatro della Pergolaintroductory music for an opera by Traetta
Alceste (Italian)tragedia3 actsCalzabigi, after Euripides1767-12-2626 December 1767Vienna, Burgtheater
festeLe feste d'Apollo3.1prologue and 3 actsRezzonicoGastone Rezzonico, Giuseppe Maria Pagnini, Giuseppe Pezzana, and Calzabigi1769-08-2424 August 1769Parma, Corte
Paride ed Elenadramma per musica5 actsCalzabigi1770-11-033 November 1770Vienna, Burgtheater
Iphigénie en Aulidetragédie3 actsDuFrançois-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet, after Jean Racine1774-04-1919 April 1774Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Orphée et Euridice
(French version of Orfeo ed Euridice)		tragédie-opéra3 actsMolinePierre-Louis Moline, after Ranieri de’ Calzabigi1774-08-022 August 1774Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
arbre2L’arbre enchanté (second version)opéra-comique[3]1 actMolinePierre-Louis Moline, after Jean-Joseph Vadé1775-02-2727 February 1775Palace of Versaillesscore
La Cythère assiégée (second version)opéra-ballet3 actsFavartCharles Simon Favart1775-08-011 August 1775Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Alceste (French)tragédie3 actsDuFrançois-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet, after Ranieri de’ Calzabigi1776-04-2323 April 1776Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Armidedrame-héroïque5 actsQuinaultPhilippe Quinault, after Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme liberata1777-09-2323 September 1777Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Iphigénie en Tauridetragédie4 actsGuillardNicolas-François Guillard and François Gand-Leblanc du Roullet, after Claude Guimond de La Touche1779-05-1818 May 1779Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Echo et Narcissedrame lyrique3.1prologue and 3 actsTschudiLouis Thédore Baron de Tschudi, after Ovid's Metamorphoses1779-09-24first version: 24 September 1779, second version: 8 August 1780Paris, Opéra (Palais-Royal)score
Iphigenie auf Tauris (German)tragisches Singspiel[3]4 actsAlxingerJohann Baptist von Alxinger and Gluck, after Nicolas François Guillard1781-10-2323 October 1781Vienna, Burgtheaterrevision of Iphigénie en Tauride

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Notes

  1. ↑ The information in this list is from Hayes et al 1992, unless otherwise noted.
  2. ↑ Brown & Rushton 2001. Formerly designated azione teatrale by Hayes et al 1992.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Brown & Rushton 2001.

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