Event listing: Alceste | Wiener Staatsoper | Event is in the past

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Wiener StaatsoperOpernring 2 / Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, Vienna, 1010, Austria

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Vienna State Opera
Christof Loy	Director
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra			2012 Nov 15
Gustav Mahler Chor			2012 Nov 15
Ivor Bolton	Conductor		2012 Nov 15
Thomas Wilhelm	Choreography		2012 Nov 15
Ileana Tonca	Soprano		2012 Nov 15
Juliette Mars	Mezzo-soprano		2012 Nov 15
Benjamin Bruns	Tenor		2012 Nov 15
Alessio Arduini	Baritone		2012 Nov 15
Clemens Unterreiner	Baritone		2012 Nov 15
Adam Plachetka	Bass-baritone		2012 Nov 15
Gebhard Heegmann	Bass		2012 Nov 15
Véronique Gens	Soprano	Alceste	2012 Nov 15
Joseph Kaiser	Tenor	Admète	2012 Nov 15

Reviews of Alceste directed by Christof Loy

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Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, June 2016 (Deutsch)

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Gluck's Alceste at the Vienna Staatsoper: Chronicle of a death foretold

Snapdragon, 15th November

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.

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