''Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe'' (The Marriage of

Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ...

and Hebe) is an opera in two acts composed by

Christoph Willibald Gluck Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of th ...

to an Italian libretto by an unknown author. Sometimes referred to as a '' festa teatrale'' or '' serenata'', it was first performed in Pillnitz near Dresden on 29 June 1747 to celebrate the double wedding of the Bavarian elector and the Saxon crown prince to each other's sisters.Greene, David Mason (1985)
''Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers''
p. 317. Reproducing Piano Roll FoundationGluck-Gesamtausgabe

Institut für Musikwissenschaft, Goethe-Universität

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