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Alceste Teatro La Fenice

Alceste   Teatro La Fenice
NR 2 hr 36 min
At deaths door a beloved king is doomed unless someone takes his place So then his wife resolves to sacrifice herself to save him Christoph Willibald Gluck composed his reform opera Alceste not once but twice In La Fenices production of the lesserknown original Italian version director Pier Luigi Pizzi strips the action down to the bare emotional drama of Alcestes sacrifice

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Original Language:Italian