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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Anne Sofie von Otter
Alceste
Known for
A Late Quartet
Paul Groves
Admete
Also in
Candide
The Magic Flute
Jane Seymour
Known for
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Live and Let Die
Robert Wilson
Brian Large
Raniero de Calzabigi
Dietrich Henschel
High Priest and Hercules
Also in
Unsuk Chin: Alice in Wonderland
J. S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Colin Wilson
John Eliot Gardiner
Yann Beuron
Evandre
Also in
Orphée aux enfers
La Belle Hélène
Ludovic Tézier
A herald and Apollo
Also in
Massenet: Werther
Macbeth - Liceu
Frederic Caton
Oracle and infernal God
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Robert Wilson Director
First release December 31, 1999
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RM Associates
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English
Release dates
France · December 31, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
France
November 24, 2008 · Digital
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