Christoph Willibald Gluck
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2014: A year of anniversaries
20. Christoph Willibald Gluck
The early classical composer Gluck adopted a radical new approach to opera in the 1760s. Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste are among his masterpieces. He was born 300 years ago on 2 July 1714.
