He ran away from home to avoid becoming a forester, earning a living as a s
He ran away from home to avoid becoming a forester, earning a living as a singer, cellist and organist at Tyn Church in Prague. His first opera Artaserse was such a success that he received commissions for several operas including La finta schiava [SKYAH-vuh], a pasticcio from Venice; Il Tigrane from Crema; and Poro from Turin. His "Turkish" opera La rencontre imprevue [rahn-CAHN-truh AHM-pray-voo] influenced Mozart operas like Abduction from the Seraglio, and Salieri's Les Danaides was thought to be collaboration with this mentor. For 10 points, identify this composer of Alceste, Orfeo ed Euridice, and IphigŽnie en Tauride.
He ran away from home to avoid becoming a forester, earning a living as a singer, cellist and organist at Tyn Church in Prague.
Christoph Willibald {Gluck}