Alceste
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Opera: Work details
| Composer: |
Christoph Willibald Gluck |
| Music title: |
Alceste (1776) |
| Librettist: |
Marie François Louis Gand Leblanc Roullet |
| Work definition: |
Tragédie opéra in three acts |
| After: |
After the Italian libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi |
| Language: |
French |
| Notes: |
Gluck's original 'Alceste', to an Italian libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, was first performed at the Burgtheater, Vienna, on 26 December 1767. For the 1776 Paris production, Gluck made significant revisions to the music and Roullet's libretto altered the original plot.
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| World premiere: |
23 April 1776, Académie Royale de Musique, Paris |
| ROH premiere: |
6 May 1937, Paris Opera |
| ROH company premiere: |
26 November 1981, The Royal Opera, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London |