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Alceste

1999 · 135 min

A stately, stylised opera staging that unfolds with solemn grandeur, rewarding patience with its emotional and visual formality.

Overview
John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Soprano Anne Sofie von Otter takes the title role of Alceste, Queen of Thessaly, who offers to die at the hands of the gods in place of her husband, Admète (Paul Groves), so that the people will not lose their king. Alceste is then saved from the underworld by Hercule (Dietrich Henschel).

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • love
  • fate
  • faith
  • grief
Places
  • single country house
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
  • musical
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
music
Directed by
Robert Wilson
Starring
Anne Sofie von Otter, Paul Groves, Dietrich Henschel, Yann Beuron, Ludovic Tézier, Frederic Caton, Hjordis Thebault, Lucie Barret
Runtime
135 min

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