Alceste 1999
Alceste
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).
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).
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Full Cast & Crew... Alceste
PG
Paul Groves... Admete
... High Priest and Hercules
... Evandre
... A herald and Apollo
... Oracle and infernal God
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Release Date:
Dec 31, 1999
Run Time:
2hr 15`
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Original Language:
English
Status:
Released
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Alceste
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... Alceste
PG
Paul Groves... Admete
... High Priest and Hercules
... Evandre
... A herald and Apollo
... Oracle and infernal God
... Coryphee
... Alceste’s child
... Alceste’s child