(Alceste)

Content: 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).

Countries:

Genres:

Music

Runtime:

135 minutes

Year:

1999

Directors:

Robert Wilson

Actors:

Alceste

Admete

High Priest and Hercules

Evandre

A herald and Apollo

Crews:

Director

Music Director