Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. The libretto was written by Ranieri de Calzabigi.
It was first performed in Vienna in 1767, with a revised version — more familiar today — being premiered in Paris in 1776.
Alceste is part of the standard operatic repertoire.
There are a several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed.
Alceste is also the chief character in Molière's Misanthrope.
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