Alceste

Alceste can may refer to:

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• Alcestis, the mythical Greek princess
• Alcestis (play), the play by Euripedes (438 BC)

Several operas based on the mythical Greek princess:

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• Alceste (Lully), an opera by Gean-Baptiste Lully (1674)
• Alceste (Gluck), an opera by Gluck (1767)
• Alceste (Schweitzer), an opera by Anton Schweitzer (1772)
• Alceste (Guglielmi), an opera by Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi (1768)
• Alceste (Boughton), an opera by Rutland Boughton (1922)

Characters in other dramatic works:

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• Alceste, the chief character in Moli?re's Le Misanthrope.

Similar opera names:

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• L?Antigona delusa da Alceste, an opera by Pietro Andrea Ziani (1660)
• Alkestis, an opera by Egon Wellesz (1924)