This German composer worked primarily with opera, a form he innovated by making the overture directly related to the drama which followed.
This German composer worked primarily with opera, a form he innovated by making the overture directly related to the drama which followed. He rejected the complex, virtuosic arias which dominated the Italian opera seria and sought to restore it to its original simplicity and beauty. One of his theories was that the words sung were as important as the notes sung. Hailing from the classical period, he was a great influence on Mozart. Orpheus and Eurydice is his most famous opera and one of his few still performed today. FTP, name this composer of the "reform" operas.          |
This German composer worked primarily with opera, a form he innovated by making the overture directly related to the drama which followed.
Christoph Willibald {Gluck}