Overrated Strauss vs underrated Gluck

Why are there so many productions of Richard Strauss's gargantuan operas, and so few of Gluck's works of genius?

From magazine issue: 11 January 2014

Elektra at the Royal Opera House (Photo: Clive Barda/Arena Pal)

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