Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (German: ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a Germancomposer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years. With a series of radical new ... Show More