Alceste

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).

Main Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter

Alceste

Age : 68 | Popularity : 7%

Paul Groves

Admete

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Dietrich Henschel

High Priest and Hercules

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Yann Beuron

Evandre

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ludovic Tézier

A herald and Apollo

Age : 56 | Popularity : 3%

Frederic Caton

Oracle and infernal God

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hjordis Thebault

Coryphee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lucie Barrett

Alceste’s child

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Robert Wilson
Sound	Music Director	John Eliot Gardiner
Department	Role	Name

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