GLUCK: La Caduta de’ Giganti

GLUCK: La Caduta de’ Giganti 18 January. London, Hm. Text by F. Vanneschi. Two parts. The first of the two operas Gluck wrote for London. It was when hearing La Caduta de’ Giganti that Handel is said to have made the well-known remark “He knaws no more of contrapunto as mein cook, Waltz”. Six airs from the opera were published by Walsh .