It was during this period that he became acquainted with Christoph Willibald Gluck, who had just achieved greatness as an opera composer with the Vienna première of his Orfeo ed Euridice.
În această perioadă, el s-a cunoscut cu Christoph Willibald Gluck, care tocmai obținea faimă în calitate de compozitor de operă, la premiera de la Viena cu Orfeo ed Euridice.