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Alceste

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An opera in three acts Music by Gluck Libretto by BAILLI DU ROULLET
(1776 version: sung in French) Admete is told by Apollo that he must die unless someone can be found to take his place. Alceste offers herself: but she is rescued from the gate of Hades by Hercules.
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
NICHOLAS KRAEMER (harpsichord) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN ELIOT GARDINER repetiteur ALEXA MAXWELL Producer JULIAN BUDDEN
Act 1
3.45* David Cairns introduces excerpts from Berlioz's writings on Gluck, read by TERRY SCULLY
4.0* Alceste: Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Music By:
Gluck Libretto
Unknown:
Bailli du Roullet
Harpsichord:
Nicholas Kraemer
Conducted By:
John Eliot Gardiner
Repetiteur:
Alexa Maxwell
Producer:
Julian Budden
Introduces:
David Cairns
Read By:
Terry Scully
Source: Radio Times

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