*Alceste

Anne Sofie von Otter; Paul Groves; Dietrich Henschel; "ALCESTE"; Christoph Willibald Gluck .

Anne Sofie von Otter :Alceste

Paul Groves: Admète

Dietrich Henschel: Appolo

John Eliot Gardner: Conductor

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English Concert Soloists 2002

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Alceste, Wq. 37 (the later French version is Wq. 44), is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767. The libretto (in Italian) was written by Ranieri de' Calzabigi and based on the play Alcestis by Euripides. The premiere took place on 26 December 1767 at the Burgtheater in Vienna.