NEW PRODUCTION
Alceste
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD Gluck
credits © Patrick Tourneboeuf / Tendance Floue / OnP
TRAGÉDIE LYRIQUE IN THREE ACTS (1776)
MUSIC BY CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK (1714-1787)
LIBRETTO BY FRANÇOIS-LOUIS GAND LE BLAND DU ROULLET AFTER RANIERI DE CALZABIGI
Performed in French
Simplicity, truth and naturalness: these, according to Gluck, are the eternal attributes of beauty. Marc Minkowski and Olivier Py lead Sophie Koch and Roberto Alagna along pathways both infernal and celestial in this tragic opera.
| Marc Minkowski | Conductor |
| Olivier Py | Stage director |
| Pierre-André Weitz | Sets and costumes |
| Bertrand Killy | Lighting |
Roberto Alagna / Yann Beuron (25 sept., 4 oct.) Admète
Sophie Koch Alceste
Jean-François Lapointe Le Grand Prêtre d’Apollon
Yann Beuron / Stanislas De Barbeyrac (25 sept., 4 oct.) Evandre
Florian Sempey Un Hérault d’armes, Apollon
Franck Ferrari Hercule
Marie-Adeline Henry Coryphée
François Lis L’Oracle, Un Dieu infernal
Chorus and Orchestra of Les musiciens du Louvre Grenoble









