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Alceste, 01 June 1958
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Bailli Leblanc du Roullet
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Le Herault: Gwyn Griffiths
Evandre: David Holman
Alceste: Consuelo Rubio
La Grand Pretre: Robert Massard
Admete: Richard Lewis
Hercule: Robert Massard
La Voix De Tanato: Dennis Wicks
Apollon: Heinz Blankenburg
L'Oracle: Gwyn Griffiths
First Coryphee: Ellen Dales
Second Coryphee: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Third Coryphee: Heinz Danziger
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Rosemary Vercoe
Choreographer: David Ellis
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Librettist: Bailli Leblanc du Roullet
Conductor: Vittorio Gui
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Le Herault: Gwyn Griffiths
Evandre: David Holman
Alceste: Consuelo Rubio
La Grand Pretre: Robert Massard
Admete: Richard Lewis
Hercule: Robert Massard
La Voix De Tanato: Dennis Wicks
Apollon: Heinz Blankenburg
L'Oracle: Gwyn Griffiths
First Coryphee: Ellen Dales
Second Coryphee: Elizabeth Bainbridge
Third Coryphee: Heinz Danziger
Production Team
Original Producer: Carl Ebert
Set Designer: Hugh Casson
Costume Designer: Rosemary Vercoe
Choreographer: David Ellis