Synopsis
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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Cast
- Anne Sofie von OtterAlceste
- Paul GrovesAdmete
- Dietrich HenschelHigh Priest and Hercules
- Yann BeuronEvandre
- Ludovic TézierA herald and Apollo
- Frederic CatonOracle and infernal God
- Hjordis ThebaultCoryphee
- Lucie BarretAlceste’s child
- Arthur CanyonAlceste’s child
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