FTP name this German composer of operas like Artaserse, Armide, and Orfeo ed Euridice.
Like Mozart, he wrote a La clemenza di Tito. A student of Sammartini, his librettos were often writtten by the poet Ranieri di Calzabigi. His Paride ed Elena failed in Vienna, but he was a success in Paris, where he defeated Niccolo Piccinni in a contest to see who could write the better opera based on Iphigenie en Tauride. He favored drama and continuity over virtuosity and the bel canto style, becoming the first great operatic reformer. FTP name this German composer of operas like Artaserse, Armide, and Orfeo ed Euridice.
Like Mozart, he wrote a La clemenza di Tito. A student of Sammartini, his librettos were often writtten by the poet Ranieri di Calzabigi.
Christoph Willibald {Gluck}