Original id:
10583
Start date:
1 January 1718
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Distant relative
Production notes:
Libretto: Pietro Pariati, 'Alceste. Festa teatrale per musica da rappresentarsi nell'imperial corte festeggiandosi il glorioso e felicissimo nome [...] di Elisabetta Cristina imperadrice regnante. Per comando [...] di Carlo VI imperador de' romani sempre augusto (Vienna: Johann van Ghelen, 1718). It is possible that this work draws on Euripides. (The source has not yet been examined.)
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
Italian