He composed six "London" sonatas under the tutelage of composer Giovanni Sammartini, and later attained moderate success with the operas Artaserse and La Caduta de'giganti.
He composed six "London" sonatas under the tutelage of composer Giovanni Sammartini, and later attained moderate success with the operas Artaserse and La Caduta de'giganti. However, his famous work came after he met the librettist Ranieri Calzabigi. He hated the composer Niccolo Piccinni and their rivalry divided Paris for much of the 1770's. Nevertheless, history has favored this composer of Telemacco and Orfeo ed Euridice. FTP, name this German best-known for the companion operas, Iphigenie en Aulide and Iphigenie en Tauride.
He composed six "London" sonatas under the tutelage of composer Giovanni Sammartini, and later attained moderate success with the operas Artaserse and La Caduta de'giganti.
Christoph Willibald {Gluck}