Alceste (Schweitzer)

Alceste
Opera by Anton Schweitzer
Anton Schweitzer, the composer
LibrettistChristoph Martin Wieland
LanguageGerman
Premiere
28 May 1773 (1773-05-28)
Hoftheater Weimar

Alceste is an opera in German in five acts by Anton Schweitzer with a libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland. It was commissioned by Abel Seyler for the Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft, and premiered on 28 May 1773 at the Hoftheater Weimar. Considered a milestone of German opera, it was revived in Weimar and recorded in 1999.

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