Alceste 24 years old

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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Alceste Cast

Name	Character
Paul Groves He was 52, now 77 years old	as Admete
Dietrich Henschel He was 32, now 56 years old	as High Priest and Hercules

Alceste Crew

Name	Department