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Il re pastore (Gluck)
Opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language libretto is by Pietro Metastasio. The opera premiered on 8 December 1756 at the Burgtheater, Vienna.