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With this new production of Gluck's Alceste in Madrid, Krzysztof Warlikowski uses a well known popular icon to drag the audience into a two-way process of dramatic exploration.

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.

Un prologue-projection, une superbe lumière et une baguette hyper-énergique de Stefano Montanari. Mais quelle direction a pris le sens ?

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

Véronique Gens est une Alceste exceptionnelle. Par sa présence vocale et scénique, elle règne sur le plateau en grande tragédienne.