An excerpt from Act II, Scene 3 of Gluck's opera "Alceste" (1767, rev. 1776).
Alceste - Anne Sofie von Otter
Admète - Paul Groves
English Baroque Soloists
and Monteverdi Choir - conducted by Jo...
An excerpt from Act II, Scene 3 of Gluck's opera "Alceste" (1767, rev. 1776).
Alceste - Anne Sofie von Otter Admète - Paul Groves
English Baroque Soloists and Monteverdi Choir - conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
Stage Director - Robert Wilson
King Admète has learned from an oracle that he will die unless another mortal takes his place. Here, Admète finds out that his substitute will be his devoted wife Alceste. He pleads with her to change her mind.
This excerpt corresponds to pages 66-76 of the "History of Music in Western Culture" anthology by Mark Evan Bonds.
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Does the beginning qualify as arioso?