What is the name of the opera created by a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period?
Il re pastore (Gluck) 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.
Il turco in Italia Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani. It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (with the same title) by the German composer in 1788.