Les Danaides, Jan Frans Deboever, 1927
Deeply as Gluck's work affected the history of music, his immediate disciples were few. Salieri (1750-1825), an Italian by birth, was chiefly associated with the Viennese court, but wrote his best work, 'Les Danaïdes,' for Paris. He caught the trick of Gluck's grand style cleverly, but was hardly more than an imitator
26. April 1784 Opéra, Paris
1983 Perugia, 1986 Viena and Montpellier with Montserrat Caballé as Hypermnestre
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