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).
Top Cast
Anne Sofie von Otter
Character: Alceste
Paul Groves
Character: Admete
Dietrich Henschel
Character: High Priest and Hercules
Yann Beuron
Character: Evandre
Ludovic Tézier
Character: A herald and Apollo
Frederic Caton
Character: Oracle and infernal God
Hjordis Thebault
Character: Coryphee
Lucie Barret
Character: Alceste’s child
Arthur Canyon
Character: Alceste’s child
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