Alceste

Alceste

1999
2h 15m
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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).

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Release Date December 31, 1999
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0259844

Cast

Anne Sofie von Otter
Anne Sofie von Otter

Alceste

Paul Groves
Paul Groves

Admete

Dietrich Henschel
Dietrich Henschel

High Priest and Hercules

Yann Beuron
Yann Beuron

Evandre

Ludovic Tézier
Ludovic Tézier

A herald and Apollo

Frederic Caton
Frederic Caton

Oracle and infernal God

Hjordis Thebault
Hjordis Thebault

Coryphee

Lucie Barret
Lucie Barret

Alceste’s child

Arthur Canyon
Arthur Canyon

Alceste’s child

Key Crew

Robert Wilson
Director