Orfeo ed Euridice is the first of Gluck's "reform" operas, in which he attempted to replace the abstruse plots and overly complex music of opera seria with a "noble simplicity" in both the music and the drama. [2] The opera is the most popular of Gluck's works, [2] and was one of the most influential on subsequent German operas. More @Wikipedia
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