Alceste
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Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over vocal virtuosity.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alceste canonical | 19 |
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alceste Context triple: [Christoph Willibald Gluck, notableWork, Alceste]
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Alceste
Alceste is a French Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, known for its tragédie lyrique style and collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault.
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Hippolytus
Hippolytus is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that dramatizes the destructive consequences of forbidden desire, honor, and divine vengeance within a royal family.
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Polus
Polus is a young, ambitious rhetorician in Plato’s dialogue "Gorgias," often portrayed as an overconfident student of the sophist Gorgias.
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Polus
Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alceste Target entity description: Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over vocal virtuosity.
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A.
Alceste
Alceste is a French Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, known for its tragédie lyrique style and collaboration with librettist Philippe Quinault.
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B.
Hippolytus
Hippolytus is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Euripides that dramatizes the destructive consequences of forbidden desire, honor, and divine vengeance within a royal family.
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C.
Polus
Polus is the Roman mythological figure identified with the Greek Titan Coeus, associated with the celestial axis and the heavens.
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D.
Polus
Polus is a young, ambitious rhetorician in Plato’s dialogue "Gorgias," often portrayed as an overconfident student of the sophist Gorgias.
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E.
Sterope
Sterope is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally considered one of the Pleiades and a daughter of the Titan Atlas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| acts | 3 ⓘ |
| aestheticPrinciple |
dramatic integrity over vocal display
ⓘ
expressive simplicity ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Euripides’ play Alcestis
ⓘ
linked to:
Alcestis by Euripides
myth of Alcestis ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | often cited as key work of Gluck’s operatic reform ⓘ |
| character |
Admeto
ⓘ
linked to:
Admetus
Alceste ⓘ Apollo ⓘ Hercules ⓘ |
| composer | Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Emperor Francis I
ⓘ
linked to:
Francis Stephen of Lorraine
|
| era | 18th‑century opera ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCity | Vienna ⓘ |
| followedBy | Paride ed Elena ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Gluck’s reform of opera seria ⓘ |
| language |
French
ⓘ
Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Ranieri de’ Calzabigi ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
continuous dramatic flow
ⓘ
integrated choruses ⓘ reduced use of da capo arias ⓘ |
| orchestration | classical orchestra with prominent strings and winds ⓘ |
| overture | symphonic introduction reflecting tragic mood ⓘ |
| period | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| placeInComposerOutput | second of Gluck’s major reform operas ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Orfeo ed Euridice
ⓘ
linked to:
Orphée et Eurydice
|
| premiereDate | 1767-12-26 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Burgtheater, Vienna ⓘ |
| revisedVersionCity | Paris ⓘ |
| revisedVersionLanguage | French ⓘ |
| revisedVersionLibrettist |
François-Louis Gand Le Bland Du Roullet
ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Du Roullet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremiereDate | 1776-04-23 ⓘ |
| revisedVersionPremierePlace |
Académie Royale de Musique, Paris
ⓘ
linked to:
Académie royale de musique
|
| setting | Thessaly ⓘ |
| style | reform opera ⓘ |
| subject |
conjugal love
ⓘ
duty and fate ⓘ self‑sacrifice ⓘ |
| vocalForces |
chorus
ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ solo voices ⓘ |
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Subject: Alceste Description of subject: Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive simplicity over vocal virtuosity.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Christoph
subject linked to:
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Aulide
subject linked to:
Célimène in "Le Misanthrope"
subject linked to:
Célimène in "Le Misanthrope"
subject linked to:
Célimène in "Le Misanthrope"
subject linked to:
Calzabigi
subject linked to:
Calzabigi