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Picture: Christoph Willibard Gluck by Jean-Antoine Houdon

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Work: Armide, tragédie lyrique (drame héroïque) in five acts, first performance 23 September 1777, Académie Royale, Paris.

Libretto: Philippe Quinault, after Torquato Tassos Drama La Gerusalemme liberata.

Ouverture

Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Conductor: Marc Minkowski