Like no other 18th-century composer, Christoph Gluck paved the way for the intellectual world of Romanticism and, consequently, for Richard Wagner's great mythological narratives. The connection between Gluck and Wagner is unique in the world of opera: Wagner revered Gluck and paid him homage with his new orchestration and German translation of "Iphigenia in Aulis." This arrangement forges a musical bridge between the operatic aesthetics of the 18th and 19th centuries and reveals Gluck as a crucial precursor to Wagner's Romantic music drama.

Iphigenia In Aulis

Friedrichsforum, Bayreuth

Gluck. Salieri. Mozart

Lobkowicz Palace

A feast for Balanchine devotees. The oldest Balanchine ballet in the repertory, the neoclassical masterwork Apollo, first staged in 1928, leads a bill that traces the choreographer’s work across an astonishing half-century. Also on the program is the exhilarating Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, a supremely stylish dance created to music originally written for Swan Lake.

Christoph Willibald von Gluck

Events

Upcoming events

May 8 - Aug 12, 2026

Iphigenia In Aulis · Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach

Past events

May 8 - Aug 12, 2026

Iphigenia In Aulis · Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha-Eisenach

Nov 13, 2025

Gluck. Salieri. Mozart · Prague Philharmonia

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