Echo et Narcisse, drame lyrique en trois actes

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After the resounding success of Iphigénie en Tauride (1779), Gluck set out to compose his last of the seven Paris operas, which turned out to be his final opera. Whereas Iphigénie en Tauride is often considered Gluck’s best opera, its immediate successor, Echo et Narcisse (1779) was ill-fated and quickly disappeared from the repertoire. Echo was premiered a mere four months after Tauride, and the Parisian audience was not prepared for the differences between these two operas. Although the music resembles that of his other French operas, the pastoral story lacks the dramatic intensity that viewers expected in a Gluck … continued below

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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784 1779.

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  • Main Title: Echo et Narcisse, drame lyrique en trois actes
  • Uniform Title: Echo et Narcisse
  • Added Title: Metamorphoses

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After the resounding success of Iphigénie en Tauride (1779), Gluck set out to compose his last of the seven Paris operas, which turned out to be his final opera. Whereas Iphigénie en Tauride is often considered Gluck’s best opera, its immediate successor, Echo et Narcisse (1779) was ill-fated and quickly disappeared from the repertoire. Echo was premiered a mere four months after Tauride, and the Parisian audience was not prepared for the differences between these two operas. Although the music resembles that of his other French operas, the pastoral story lacks the dramatic intensity that viewers expected in a Gluck opera. Thus, the serene music—though it is at times quite beautiful— lacks dramatic impulse.

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score (256 p.) 34 cm.

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  • UNT Catalog No.: b1362183x | View in Discover
  • OCLC: 4757244
  • RISM No.: RISM A/I, G 2739
  • Other: W. 47
  • Call Number: M1500.G68 E25 1779
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc13

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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 & Tschudi, Jean-Baptiste-Louis-Théodore, baron de, 1734-1784. Echo et Narcisse, drame lyrique en trois actes, score, 1779; Paris. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc13/: accessed January 21, 2025), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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