Gluck Opera Gala is a 2-Disc compilation of highlights from seven previously released albums on the ORFEO label.

It contains excerpts from Gluck’s semi seria opera Alceste (Disc 1, tracks 1–7); his reformist operas Iphigénie en Tauride (Disc 1, tracks 8–14), Orfeo ed Euridice (Disc 2, tracks 1–9) and Paride ed Elena (Disc 2, tracks 10–16); and two works in a more light-hearted vein, Le Cinesi (Disc 1, tracks 15–16) and Les Pélegrins de la Mecque (Disc 2, tracks 17–23). All of the recordings are star-studded, featuring performances by legendary artists such as Jessye Norman, Nicolai Gedda, Thomas Moser, Ileana Cotruba , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Franco Bonisolli and Julia Kaufmann.

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Recordings: 1964, 1982-1990.