Performer: Gebhard Heegmann

Zurück an der Staatsoper: die große Tragödie um die mytische Königin Alceste in einer Spitzenbesetzung.

Alceste is the short and sombre story of a wife who gives her life to save that of her husband, King Admète of Thessaly, a deed which ultimately convinces the gods to reprieve both of them. Gluck, hoping to avoid the over-decorated vocal style then in vogue, set this plot to unadorned vocal lines to give depth to the underlying emotions.