{"id":31544,"date":"2026-10-31T00:35:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/christoph-willibald-gluck\/"},"modified":"2026-10-31T00:36:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:36:30","slug":"christoph-willibald-gluck","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/christoph-willibald-gluck\/","title":{"rendered":"Christoph Willibald Gluck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"opa-ref\" style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 0.85em; line-height: 1.5;\"><em><strong>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate :<\/strong> <strong>Camille Corot<\/strong>, <em>Orph\u00e9e ramenant Eurydice des Enfers<\/em>, 1861, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Jean-Baptiste-Camille_Corot_-_Orpheus_Leading_Eurydice_from_the_Underworld_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-soutien\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0 0 1.6em;\">\n<form style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0 0 .4em;\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input name=\"hosted_button_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"QSSRVLDUKP2MG\" \/><input style=\"border: 0;\" title=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" alt=\"Faire un don avec PayPal\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/fr_FR\/FR\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><\/form>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/soutenir\/\">Soutenir mon travail<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/abonnements\/\">Tout lire sans limite<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/Livres-Orazio-Puglisi\/s?rh=n%3A301061%2Cp_27%3AOrazio+Puglisi\">Mes livres<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<style>.opa-art{font-size:1.04em;line-height:1.75}.opa-art h2{margin-top:1.6em}.opa-art h3{margin-top:1.8em;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-fig{position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1000px,94vw);margin:2.2em 0}.opa-fig img{width:100%!important;height:auto!important;max-width:none!important;display:block;box-shadow:0 10px 34px rgba(0,0,0,.25);border-radius:3px}.opa-fig figcaption{max-width:720px;margin:.8em auto 0;font-size:.82em;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;opacity:.8}.opa-lettrine:first-letter{float:left;font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:3.4em;line-height:.9;padding:.05em .12em 0 0;color:#7a1f2b}.opa-biblio{font-size:.92em}<\/style>\n<style>.opa-gal{display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(auto-fill,minmax(240px,1fr));gap:16px;margin:1.6em 0;position:relative;left:50%;transform:translateX(-50%);width:min(1100px,94vw);background:#fbf8f3;padding:18px;border-radius:8px;box-sizing:border-box;color:#222}.opa-gal figure{margin:0}.opa-gal img{width:100%!important;height:220px!important;object-fit:cover;border-radius:4px;box-shadow:0 6px 18px rgba(0,0,0,.2)}.opa-gal figcaption{font-size:.78em;line-height:1.4;margin-top:.4em;opacity:.9}.opa-vidbox{position:relative;padding-top:56.25%;margin:1.2em 0;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden;box-shadow:0 8px 24px rgba(0,0,0,.25)}.opa-vidbox iframe,.opa-vidbox video{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}.opa-dl li{margin:.4em 0}.opa-dl a{font-weight:600}<\/style>\n<div class=\"opa-art\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), le r\u00e9formateur de l\u2019op\u00e9ra<\/h2>\n<style>.opa-audio{margin:.8em 0 1.4em}.opa-audio audio{width:100%}.opa-audio-cap{font-size:.78em;margin-top:.3em;opacity:.85}.opa-chrono li{margin:.3em 0}<\/style>\n<p class=\"opa-lettrine\">Fils d\u2019un garde forestier de Bavi\u00e8re devenu le favori de Marie-Antoinette, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christoph Willibald Gluck<\/a> (1714-1787) a r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 l\u2019op\u00e9ra. Contre les exc\u00e8s des chanteurs virtuoses et des intrigues compliqu\u00e9es, il a voulu une \u00ab belle simplicit\u00e9 \u00bb o\u00f9 la musique sert le drame et l\u2019\u00e9motion. Son <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em>, avec la <em>Danse des esprits bienheureux<\/em> et l\u2019air \u00ab J\u2019ai perdu mon Eurydice \u00bb, son <em>Alceste<\/em>, ses deux <em>Iphig\u00e9nie<\/em> et son <em>Armide<\/em> ont ouvert la voie \u00e0 Mozart, \u00e0 Berlioz et \u00e0 Wagner.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/91\/Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\/1920px-Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Gluck\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Joseph-Siffred Duplessis<\/strong>, <em>Portrait de Christoph Willibald Gluck au clavecin<\/em>, 1775, Vienne, Kunsthistorisches Museum. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Joseph_Siffred_Duplessis_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Une jeunesse vagabonde (1714-1745)<\/h3>\n<p>Christoph Willibald Gluck na\u00eet le 2 juillet 1714 \u00e0 Erasbach, dans le Haut-Palatinat bavarois, fils d\u2019un garde forestier qui veut en faire son successeur. \u00c0 treize ou quatorze ans, l\u2019adolescent s\u2019enfuit pour devenir musicien et gagne <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Prague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prague<\/a>, o\u00f9 il chante dans les \u00e9glises et joue du violoncelle. Apr\u00e8s un passage \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vienne_(Autriche)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vienne<\/a>, un prince lombard l\u2019emm\u00e8ne \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milan<\/a> (1737), o\u00f9 il \u00e9tudie avec Giovanni Battista Sammartini. En 1741, son premier op\u00e9ra, <em>Artaserse<\/em>, sur un livret du c\u00e9l\u00e8bre <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pietro_Metastasio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">M\u00e9tastase<\/a>, est un succ\u00e8s ; il en \u00e9crit une dizaine d\u2019autres dans le style italien de l\u2019\u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<h3>Londres, les tourn\u00e9es et Vienne (1745-1761)<\/h3>\n<p>En 1745, Gluck se rend \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Londres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Londres<\/a>, o\u00f9 il rencontre <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/georg-friedrich-haendel\/\">Georg Friedrich Haendel<\/a> \u2014 qui aurait d\u00e9clar\u00e9, avec mauvaise foi, que Gluck \u00ab n\u2019en savait pas plus en contrepoint que son cuisinier \u00bb. Il voyage ensuite avec une troupe d\u2019op\u00e9ra itin\u00e9rante \u00e0 travers l\u2019Allemagne et le Danemark. En 1750, il \u00e9pouse Maria Anna Bergin, fille d\u2019un riche n\u00e9gociant viennois, qui lui assure l\u2019ind\u00e9pendance financi\u00e8re. Install\u00e9 \u00e0 Vienne, il devient ma\u00eetre de chapelle de la cour et \u00e9crit des op\u00e9ras-comiques sur des livrets fran\u00e7ais pour le th\u00e9\u00e2tre imp\u00e9rial, et le ballet <em>Don Juan<\/em> (1761).<\/p>\n<h3>La r\u00e9forme : Orph\u00e9e et Alceste (1762-1770)<\/h3>\n<p>Le 5 octobre 1762, Gluck pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 Vienne <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orfeo_ed_Euridice_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orfeo ed Euridice<\/a><\/em>, sur un livret du po\u00e8te Ranieri de\u2019 Calzabigi : plus de vocalises gratuites ni d\u2019intrigues secondaires, mais l\u2019histoire nue d\u2019Orph\u00e9e qui descend aux Enfers chercher son \u00e9pouse et la perd en se retournant. Les ch\u0153urs participent \u00e0 l\u2019action, le r\u00e9citatif est accompagn\u00e9 par l\u2019orchestre, la danse fait partie du drame. Dans la pr\u00e9face d\u2019<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alceste_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alceste<\/a><\/em> (1767), v\u00e9ritable manifeste, Gluck \u00e9crit qu\u2019il a voulu \u00ab restreindre la musique \u00e0 sa v\u00e9ritable fonction, qui est de servir la po\u00e9sie \u00bb, et rechercher \u00ab une belle simplicit\u00e9 \u00bb.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/c\/c2\/PDP-CH_-_New_York_Philharmonic_-_Arturo_Toscanini_-_Orfeo_ed_Euridice_-_Dance_of_the_Blessed_Spirits_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Hmv-d1784-42-664.flac\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/c\/c2\/PDP-CH_-_New_York_Philharmonic_-_Arturo_Toscanini_-_Orfeo_ed_Euridice_-_Dance_of_the_Blessed_Spirits_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Hmv-d1784-42-664.flac\/PDP-CH_-_New_York_Philharmonic_-_Arturo_Toscanini_-_Orfeo_ed_Euridice_-_Dance_of_the_Blessed_Spirits_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Hmv-d1784-42-664.flac.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Gluck, <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em> : <em>Danse des esprits bienheureux<\/em>, par l\u2019Orchestre philharmonique de New York dirig\u00e9 par Arturo Toscanini (enregistrement historique) <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:PDP-CH_-_New_York_Philharmonic_-_Arturo_Toscanini_-_Orfeo_ed_Euridice_-_Dance_of_the_Blessed_Spirits_-_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_-_Hmv-d1784-42-664.flac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Paris et Marie-Antoinette (1774-1779)<\/h3>\n<figure class=\"opa-fig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun-_Marie-Antoinette_%C3%A0_la_Rose_-_collection_Resnick.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/37\/%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun-_Marie-Antoinette_%C3%A0_la_Rose_-_collection_Resnick.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled\" alt=\"Marie-Antoinette\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>\u00c9lisabeth Vig\u00e9e Le Brun<\/strong>, <em>Marie-Antoinette \u00e0 la rose<\/em>, 1783, Versailles : la reine fut l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e8ve et la protectrice de Gluck. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun-_Marie-Antoinette_%C3%A0_la_Rose_-_collection_Resnick.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>En 1774, Gluck arrive \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris<\/a> sous la protection de la nouvelle dauphine, puis reine, <a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marie-Antoinette_d'Autriche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marie-Antoinette<\/a>, qui avait \u00e9t\u00e9 son \u00e9l\u00e8ve de chant \u00e0 Vienne. <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iphig%C3%A9nie_en_Aulide_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iphig\u00e9nie en Aulide<\/a><\/em> (1774) triomphe \u00e0 l\u2019Op\u00e9ra, suivie de la version fran\u00e7aise d\u2019<em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em>, avec l\u2019air \u00ab J\u2019ai perdu mon Eurydice \u00bb, d\u2019<em>Alceste<\/em> (1776), d\u2019<em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Armide_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Armide<\/a><\/em> (1777) et de son chef-d\u2019\u0153uvre, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iphig%C3%A9nie_en_Tauride_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/a><\/em> (1779). Paris se divise en \u00ab gluckistes \u00bb et \u00ab piccinnistes \u00bb, partisans de l\u2019Italien Niccol\u00f2 Piccinni : la querelle passionne la cour et la ville. Apr\u00e8s l\u2019\u00e9chec d\u2019<em>\u00c9cho et Narcisse<\/em> (1779) et une attaque d\u2019apoplexie, Gluck rentre \u00e0 Vienne.<\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio\"><audio controls preload=\"none\" style=\"width:100%\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/2f\/Gluck_-_Schumann_-_Heink_-_Che_faro_senza_Euridice_%28In_German%29_%281907%29.ogg\"><source src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/2\/2f\/Gluck_-_Schumann_-_Heink_-_Che_faro_senza_Euridice_%28In_German%29_%281907%29.ogg\/Gluck_-_Schumann_-_Heink_-_Che_faro_senza_Euridice_%28In_German%29_%281907%29.ogg.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"opa-audio-cap\">Gluck, <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em> : \u00ab Che far\u00f2 senza Euridice \u00bb (\u00ab J\u2019ai perdu mon Eurydice \u00bb), chant\u00e9 en allemand par la contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink, 1907 <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gluck_-_Schumann_-_Heink_-_Che_faro_senza_Euridice_(In_German)_(1907).ogg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Les derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es et l\u2019h\u00e9ritage (1780-1787)<\/h3>\n<p>Riche et honor\u00e9, Gluck passe ses derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es \u00e0 Vienne, o\u00f9 il re\u00e7oit Mozart, qui assiste aux reprises de ses op\u00e9ras et s\u2019en souviendra dans <em>Idom\u00e9n\u00e9e<\/em> et <em>La Fl\u00fbte enchant\u00e9e<\/em>. Il meurt \u00e0 Vienne le 15 novembre 1787, apr\u00e8s une nouvelle attaque. Il repose au cimeti\u00e8re central de Vienne. Le jeune <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/hector-berlioz\/\">Hector Berlioz<\/a>, qui d\u00e9couvrit ses op\u00e9ras \u00e0 Paris, le v\u00e9n\u00e9ra toute sa vie, et Wagner se r\u00e9clama de sa r\u00e9forme : en rendant l\u2019op\u00e9ra au drame, Gluck a ouvert la voie \u00e0 l\u2019op\u00e9ra moderne.<\/p>\n<h3>Chronologie<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><strong>1714<\/strong> \u2014 naissance \u00e0 Erasbach, le 2 juillet<\/li>\n<li><strong>vers 1727<\/strong> \u2014 fugue vers Prague<\/li>\n<li><strong>1737<\/strong> \u2014 \u00e0 Milan, \u00e9l\u00e8ve de Sammartini<\/li>\n<li><strong>1741<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Artaserse<\/em>, premier op\u00e9ra<\/li>\n<li><strong>1745-1746<\/strong> \u2014 s\u00e9jour \u00e0 Londres ; rencontre avec Haendel<\/li>\n<li><strong>1750<\/strong> \u2014 mariage avec Maria Anna Bergin<\/li>\n<li><strong>1754<\/strong> \u2014 ma\u00eetre de chapelle de la cour de Vienne<\/li>\n<li><strong>1761<\/strong> \u2014 ballet <em>Don Juan<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1762<\/strong> \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orfeo_ed_Euridice_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orfeo ed Euridice<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1767<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Alceste<\/em> et sa pr\u00e9face-manifeste<\/li>\n<li><strong>1774<\/strong> \u2014 \u00e0 Paris : <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iphig%C3%A9nie_en_Aulide_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iphig\u00e9nie en Aulide<\/a><\/em> ; <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1777<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Armide<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>1779<\/strong> \u2014 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Iphig%C3%A9nie_en_Tauride_(Gluck)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/a><\/em> ; retour \u00e0 Vienne<\/li>\n<li><strong>1787<\/strong> \u2014 mort \u00e0 Vienne, le 15 novembre<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u0152uvres majeures<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-chrono\">\n<li><em>Orfeo ed Euridice<\/em> (Vienne, 1762) et <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em> (Paris, 1774)<\/li>\n<li><em>Alceste<\/em> (Vienne, 1767 ; Paris, 1776)<\/li>\n<li><em>Paride ed Elena<\/em> (1770)<\/li>\n<li><em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Aulide<\/em> (1774) et <em>Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/em> (1779)<\/li>\n<li><em>Armide<\/em> (1777)<\/li>\n<li>Le ballet <em>Don Juan<\/em> (1761)<\/li>\n<li>Des op\u00e9ras-comiques, dont <em>La Rencontre impr\u00e9vue<\/em> (1764)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Galerie<\/h3>\n<div class=\"opa-gal\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portr%C3%A4tb%C3%BCste_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck,_von_Jean-Antoine_Houdon_1775.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/4\/42\/Portr%C3%A4tb%C3%BCste_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck%2C_von_Jean-Antoine_Houdon_1775.jpg\/1920px-Portr%C3%A4tb%C3%BCste_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck%2C_von_Jean-Antoine_Houdon_1775.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Buste de Gluck\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Buste de Gluck<\/strong>, XVIII<sup>e<\/sup> si\u00e8cle. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Portr%C3%A4tb%C3%BCste_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck,_von_Jean-Antoine_Houdon_1775.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY 4.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Orpheus_and_Eurydice_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/86\/Orpheus_and_Eurydice_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg\/1920px-Orpheus_and_Eurydice_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Pierre Paul Rubens<\/strong>, <em>Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/em>, 1636-1638, Madrid, mus\u00e9e du Prado : le mythe au c\u0153ur de l\u2019op\u00e9ra de Gluck. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Orpheus_and_Eurydice_by_Peter_Paul_Rubens.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, Public domain)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gluck-Denkmal_Weidenwang_003.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d8\/Gluck-Denkmal_Weidenwang_003.JPG\/1920px-Gluck-Denkmal_Weidenwang_003.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Monument \u00e0 Gluck\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>Monument \u00e0 Gluck<\/strong> \u00e0 Weidenwang, pr\u00e8s de son village natal. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Gluck-Denkmal_Weidenwang_003.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Grab_von_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_auf_dem_Wiener_Zentralfriedhof_(3).JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/1b\/Grab_von_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_auf_dem_Wiener_Zentralfriedhof_%283%29.JPG\/1920px-Grab_von_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_auf_dem_Wiener_Zentralfriedhof_%283%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&#038;utm_campaign=imageinfo&#038;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"Tombe de Gluck\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><figcaption><strong>La tombe de Gluck<\/strong> au cimeti\u00e8re central de Vienne. <span style=\"opacity:.75\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Grab_von_Christoph_Willibald_Gluck_auf_dem_Wiener_Zentralfriedhof_(3).JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, CC BY-SA 3.0 de)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<h3>\u00c0 voir et \u00e0 \u00e9couter<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Gluck+Orph%C3%A9e+et+Eurydice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Orph\u00e9e et Eurydice<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Dance+of+the+Blessed+Spirits+Gluck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Danse des esprits bienheureux<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=J+ai+perdu+mon+Eurydice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab J\u2019ai perdu mon Eurydice \u00bb<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/results?search_query=Gluck+Iphig%C3%A9nie+en+Tauride\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/a> (vid\u00e9os YouTube)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00c0 t\u00e9l\u00e9charger (livres du domaine public, PDF)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/orpheusoperindre00gluc\/orpheusoperindre00gluc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T\u00e9l\u00e9charger le PDF<\/a> \u2014 Christoph Willibald Gluck, <em>Orpheus<\/em>, partition de l\u2019op\u00e9ra, 1910. (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/orpheusoperindre00gluc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lire en ligne<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin en ligne<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-dl\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imslp.org\/wiki\/Category:Gluck,_Christoph_Willibald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Partitions de Gluck sur IMSLP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cmbv.fr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centre de musique baroque de Versailles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Pour aller plus loin<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"opa-biblio\">\n<li>Julien Tiersot, <em>Gluck<\/em>, Alcan, 1910.<\/li>\n<li>Hector Berlioz, <em>\u00c0 travers chants<\/em>, 1862 (\u00e9tudes sur Gluck).<\/li>\n<li>Voir aussi <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-grands-mouvements-de-la-musique\/\">Les grands mouvements de la musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/les-20-oeuvres-musicales-les-plus-celebres\/\">Les 20 \u0153uvres musicales les plus c\u00e9l\u00e8bres<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/la-musique\/\">La Musique<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/jean-philippe-rameau\/\">Jean-Philippe Rameau<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/mozart\/\">Mozart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oraziopuglisi.art\/index.php\/opera\/\">L\u2019Op\u00e9ra<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image d&rsquo;en-t\u00eate : Camille Corot, Orph\u00e9e ramenant Eurydice des Enfers, 1861, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts (Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) Soutenir mon travail \u00b7 Tout lire sans limite \u00b7 Mes livres Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), le r\u00e9formateur de l\u2019op\u00e9ra Fils d\u2019un garde forestier de Bavi\u00e8re devenu le favori de Marie-Antoinette, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31543,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31544","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), le r\u00e9formateur de\u2026 - Orazio Puglisi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fils d\u2019un garde forestier de Bavi\u00e8re devenu le favori de Marie-Antoinette, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) a r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 l\u2019op\u00e9ra. 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