ALCESTE by C. W. Gluck (with Paul Groves and Angela Denoke) | Teatro Real de Madrid, Act 1/3

On the 300th anniversary of Christoph Willibald Gluck, 2014
A musical and dramatic masterpiece between Baroque and Classical, staged by Krysztof Warlikowski as a daring bridge between Antiquity and Princess Diana’s story, on the value of sacrifice.

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Paul Groves - Admète
Angela Denoke - Alceste
Willard White - High Priest of Apollon / Thanatos
Magnus Staveland - Évandre
Thomas Oliemans - Hercule
Isaac Galàn - Apollon
Fernando Radó - An herald / an oracle

Krzysztof Warlikowski - stage director
Malgorzata Szczesniak - set and costume designer

Libretto by Marie Francois-Louis Gand, Le Blanc du Roullet, after Ranieri de Calzabigi‘s work about Euripides tragedy Alcestis.

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Christoph Willibald Gluck, a new and amazing production at Teatro Real in Madrid, staged by Krysztof Warlikowski. A musical and dramatic masterpiece between Baroque and Classical, staged as a daring bridge between Antiquity and Princess Diana’s story, on the value of sacrifice.