Alceste / by Christoph Willibald Gluck ; from the Théâtre Musical de Paris Châtelet.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication Info[Paris?] : RM Associates ; Chatsworth, Calif. : Distributed exclusively by Image Entertainment, ©2000.
Description1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorWilson, Robert, 1941-2025 director.
Other author/creatorLarge, Brian director.
Other author/creatorWilson, Colin, 1956- producer.
Other author/creatorOtter, Anne Sofie von performer.
Other author/creatorGroves, Paul (Tenor) performer.
Other author/creatorHenschel, Dietrich, 1967- performer.
Other author/creatorBeuron, Yann performer.
Other author/creatorTézier, Ludovic, 1968- performer.
Other author/creatorCaton, Frédéric performer.
Other author/creatorThébault, Hjördis performer.
Other author/creatorMassenot, Gladys, performer.
Other author/creatorBarret, Lucie, 1987- performer.
Other author/creatorCarayon, Arthur, performer.
Other author/creatorGardiner, John Eliot conductor.
Other author/creatorDu Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786 librettist.
Other author/creatorCalzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795.
Other author/creatorEuripides. Alcestis.
Included WorkGluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 Alceste. (1776)
Other author/creatorChâtelet (Theater : Paris, France)
Other author/creatorMonteverdi Choir, performer.
Other author/creatorEnglish Baroque Soloists, performer.
Other author/creatorRM Arts (Firm)
Other author/creatorReiner Moritz Associates.
Other author/creatorImage Entertainment (Firm)
Abstract Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's 1776 French opera with striking theatrical symbols, a period-instrument ensemble, and dancers.
General noteOpera.
General noteRevised version with a French libretto by Leblanc du Roullet; original libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, based on the play Alcestis by Euripides.
General noteAn RM Associates/Bayerischer Rundfunk/France 3/L/GM/Mezzo/Radio France/SBS TV Australia/Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet co-production with the support of Centre National de la Cinématographie.
General noteChapter index inserted in container.
CreditsStage director, Robert Wilson ; television director, Brian Large ; producer, Colin Wilson ; choreographer, Giuseppe Frigeni.
Performer Anne Sofie von Otter (Alceste) ; Paul Groves (Admète) ; Dietrich Henschel (le Grande-Prêtre; Hercule) ; Yann Beuron (Evandre) ; Ludovic Tézier (un héraut; Apollon) ; Frédéric Caton (l'oracle; un Dieu infernal) ; Hjördis Thébault (une coryphée) ; Gladys Massenot (Alceste's alter ego) ; Lucie Barret, Arthur Carayon (Alceste's children) ; dancers ; English Baroque Soloists ; Monteverdi Choir ; John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded at the Théâtre Musical de Paris Châtelet.
Technical detailsDVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio; Dolby digital stereo.
LanguageSung in French; optional English subtitles.
Genre/formTelevised operas.
Genre/formFilmed operas.
Genre/formVideos.
Genre/formOpera.
Genre/formPerformance.
Genre/formTelevision feature.
UPC 014381930726
Publisher numberID9307RADVD Image Entertainment
Publisher numberID9307 Image Entertainment

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