Alceste, ou Le triomphe d'Alcide
Tragédie in a proloque and five acts
Libretto
Philippe Quinault (nach Euripides)
Premiere
19 January 1674, Paris Jeu de Paume du Bel-Air)
Cast
NYMPH OF THE SEINE (soprano)
GLORY (soprano)
NYMPH OF THE TUILERIES (soprano)
NYMPH OF THE MARNE (soprano)
ALCESTIS (soprano)
CEPHISE (soprano)
LYCOMEDES (bass)
THETIS (soprano)§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§§ALCIDES (baritone)
ADMETIS (tenor)
PHERES (tenor)
PLUTO (bass)
PROSERPINE (soprano)
APOLLO (haute-contre)
ALECTO (haute-contre)
CHORUS
nymphs, naiads, people, soldiers, sea-sprites, spirits
Place
Time