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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.
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