Alceste
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Alceste can may refer to:
- Alcestis, the mythical Greek princess
- Alcestis (play), the play by Euripedes (438 BC)
Several operas based on the mythical Greek princess:
- 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:
- Alceste, the chief character in Molière's Le Misanthrope.
Similar opera names:
- L’Antigona delusa da Alceste, an opera by Pietro Andrea Ziani (1660)
- Alkestis, an opera by Egon Wellesz (1924)
