| Other author/creator | Wilson, Robert, 1941-2025 director. |
| Other author/creator | Large, Brian director. |
| Other author/creator | Wilson, Colin, 1956- producer. |
| Other author/creator | Otter, Anne Sofie von performer. |
| Other author/creator | Groves, Paul (Tenor) performer. |
| Other author/creator | Henschel, Dietrich, 1967- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Beuron, Yann performer. |
| Other author/creator | Tézier, Ludovic, 1968- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Caton, Frédéric performer. |
| Other author/creator | Thébault, Hjördis performer. |
| Other author/creator | Massenot, Gladys, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Barret, Lucie, 1987- performer. |
| Other author/creator | Carayon, Arthur, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Gardiner, John Eliot conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Du Roullet, François Louis Gaud Lebland, marquis, 1716-1786 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795. |
| Other author/creator | Euripides. Alcestis. |
| Included Work | Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 Alceste. (1776) |
| Other author/creator | Châtelet (Theater : Paris, France) |
| Other author/creator | Monteverdi Choir, performer. |
| Other author/creator | English Baroque Soloists, performer. |
| Other author/creator | RM Arts (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Reiner Moritz Associates. |
| Other author/creator | Image Entertainment (Firm) |
| Abstract |
Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's 1776 French opera with striking theatrical symbols, a period-instrument ensemble, and dancers. |
| General note | Opera. |
| General note | Revised version with a French libretto by Leblanc du Roullet; original libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, based on the play Alcestis by Euripides. |
| General note | An 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 note | Chapter index inserted in container. |
| Credits | Stage 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 note | Recorded at the Théâtre Musical de Paris Châtelet. |
| Technical details | DVD; NTSC, region 1; 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio; Dolby digital stereo. |
| Language | Sung in French; optional English subtitles. |
| Genre/form | Televised operas. |
| Genre/form | Filmed operas. |
| Genre/form | Videos. |
| Genre/form | Opera. |
| Genre/form | Performance. |
| Genre/form | Television feature. |
| UPC |
014381930726 |
| Publisher number | ID9307RADVD Image Entertainment |
| Publisher number | ID9307 Image Entertainment |