Alceste (2002)

Original id: 
5536
Start date: 
23 May 2002
End date: 
24 May 2002
Production notes: 
A revival of the 2000 production (ID 7215). This music, composed in 1750 for the lost masque by the novelist Tobias Smollett, was Handel's second engagement with the myth (Macintosh, Cahiers du GITA, no.14, 2001, p.284).
Media of production: 
Opera, musical and related genres
Companies:
English Bach Festival Opera
Ancient works:
Alkestis

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Alkestis Euripides
Person Role Notes
Nicholas Cleobury Conductor
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) Composer
Tom Hawkes Director
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Royal Opera House (London, Greater London, England) 22 May, 2002 to 23 May, 2002 in the Linbury Studio Theatre
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Handel: Alceste Flyer archive
Opera Magazine 2002 (vol. 53) Magazine library 975 Vol.53 No.8: August 2002

How to cite this production

Alceste (2002), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/5536 <15 September 2024>