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Alceste

Alceste

7,0 /10 (1 Votes)
1999 EN 135 min

Overview

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).

Release date

31/12/1999

Votes

1

Popularity

0.2

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

135 min

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