Britannica
Sources used in this answer
When was Orfeo ed Euridice first performed?
Created from Britannica articles
using AI.
AI can make mistakes, so verify using Britannica articles.
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Gluck, detail of a painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1775; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Orfeo ed Euridice, the celebrated opera by the German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck, was first performed in 1762 in Vienna.12