[PAR] [TLE] Il re pastore (Gluck) [SEP] Il re pastore ("The Shepherd King") is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck.  It takes the form of a "dramma per musica" in three acts.  The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio.  The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater, Vienna. [PAR] [TLE] Christoph Willibald Gluck [SEP] Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (] ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period.  Born in the Upper Palatinate (now part of Germany) and raised in Bohemia, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at Vienna, where he brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years.  With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them "Orfeo ed Euridice" and "Alceste", he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian "opera seria" had enjoyed for much of the century.
[PAR] [TLE] Il re pastore ( Gluck ) [ SEP ] Il re pastore ( " The Shepherd King " ) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck . It takes the form of a " dramma per musica " in three acts . The Italian - language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio . The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater , Vienna . [PAR] [TLE] Christoph Willibald Gluck [ SEP ] Christoph Willibald ( Ritter von ) Gluck ( ] ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787 ) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period . Born in the Upper Palatinate ( now part of Germany ) and raised in Bohemia , he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at Vienna , where he brought about the practical reform of opera 's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years . With a series of radical new works in the 1760s , among them " Orfeo ed Euridice " and " Alceste " , he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian " opera seria " had enjoyed for much of the century .
What is the name of the opera created by a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period?
What is the name of the opera created by a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period ?
Il re pastore
Il re pastore