Alceste (Gluck) - Wikipedia Alceste, Wq 37 (the later French version is Wq 44), is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767 The Italian libretto 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
141. Alceste (Gluck) - The Opera Scribe Gluck considered Alceste – his sombre Euripidean drama of spousal love and self-sacrifice – the first of his reform works He began his career in the 1740s as a composer of Italian opera seria, but by the 1760s was fed up
Alceste | fictional character | Britannica Alceste, title character of Molière ’s comedy Le Misanthrope (first performed 1666) Alceste’s disgust with the superficialities and deceits of his fellows, culminating in his withdrawal from society, provides the play’s mild dramatic conflict
Alceste | Christof von Gluck | Opera-Arias. com Browse through all arias, ensembles and roles from the opera Alceste by Christof von Gluck With links to the scenes with movies and more information
Glucks Alceste — Boston Baroque Opera in three acts Orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings, harpsichord This chart gives an overview of the work, showing which soloists and instruments are in each movement
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