Alceste

Alceste

en
PG-13

December 1999

Music

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).

Runtime:

2 hours 15 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

en

Budget:

N/A

Revenue:

N/A

Director:

Robert Wilson

Cast