Alceste

Overview:

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter takes the title role of Alceste, Queen of Thessaly, who offers to die at the hands of the gods in place of her husband, Admète (Paul Groves), so that the people will not lose their king. Alceste is then saved from the underworld by Hercule (Dietrich Henschel).

Director:

Robert Wilson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

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Key words:

opera

Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter

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Alceste

Paul Groves

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Admete

Dietrich Henschel

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High Priest and Hercules

Yann Beuron

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Evandre

Ludovic Tézier

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A herald and Apollo

Frederic Caton

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Oracle and infernal God

Hjordis Thebault

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Coryphee

Lucie Barret

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Alceste’s child

Arthur Canyon

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Alceste’s child

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