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Which Christoph Willibald Gluck opera brought him his greatest success in Paris?
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Gluck, detail of a painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1775; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
The opera that brought Christoph Willibald Gluck his greatest success in Paris was Iphigénie en Tauride, which premiered on May 18, 1779.1