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

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