Alceste by Christoph Willibald Gluck
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"Alceste" by Christoph Willibald Gluck is an 18th-century opera that exemplifies his reformist style, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alceste | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| alternateTitle | Alceste, ossia L’amore sincero NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Alcestis by Euripides NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Gluck’s operatic reform works ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Wq.44 ⓘ |
| character |
Admetus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alceste NERFINISHED ⓘ Apollo NERFINISHED ⓘ Hercules NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Viennese court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
arias
ⓘ
choruses ⓘ overture ⓘ recitatives ⓘ |
| deemphasizes | virtuosic display ⓘ |
| dramaturgicalGoal | unity of drama and music ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
dramatic integrity
ⓘ
expressive simplicity ⓘ |
| era | early Classical music ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key work of Gluck’s operatic reform ⓘ |
| influenced | later Classical-era opera ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Ranieri de' Calzabigi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAria | Divinités du Styx ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature |
prominent use of chorus
ⓘ
reduced coloratura ⓘ |
| period | Classical mythology ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1767-12-26 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Burgtheater, Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatreType | court theatre ⓘ |
| revisedPerformanceCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedVersionLanguage | French ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereDate | 1776-04-23 ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremierePlace | Académie Royale de Musique, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | three acts ⓘ |
| style | reform opera ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | self-sacrifice of Alceste for her husband Admetus ⓘ |
| thematicFocus |
conjugal love
ⓘ
heroic sacrifice ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Alcestis