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At the center of both plays is a disillusioned curmudgeon called Alceste by Molière and Frank—a nice touch—by Mr. Ives who has resolved to tell the truth to everyone he meets, no matter how disconcerting or offensive they may find it.
Flying Couplets and Canapés Terry Teachout 2011
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But everyone enjoyed Damian Lewis's performance as Alceste, which is "brilliantly tetchy and (to just the right degree) faintly ridiculous", according to Taylor.
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Miss Knightley's character, Jennifer, is meant to be a movie star, a magnet not just for the lusts of assorted, grisly hangers-on, but also of a mercurial playwright called Alceste (Damian Lewis).
Home | Mail Online 2009
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Gluck's "Alceste" (Santa Fe presented the 1776 French version) is also a diva vehicle, but as the queen of Thessaly, who loves her ailing husband so much that she offers to die in his place, soprano Christine Brewer was upstaged by dancers.
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But two visits of consequence have taken place during the present century; that of Captain Maxwell in the "Alceste," in 1817; and that of
In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 J. J. Smith
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They think themselves entitled to pass a verdict on 'Alceste' from some informal rehearsals, badly conducted and executed.
The World's Great Men of Music Brower, Harriette 1922
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Gluck in his dedication of "Alceste" to the Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Mozart The Man and the Artist as Revealed in his own Words Kerst, Friedrich 1905
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They think themselves entitled to pass a verdict on 'Alceste' from some informal rehearsals, badly conducted and executed.
The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898
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In spite of the judgment of the critics, "Alceste" increased the fame of Gluck to a great degree.
The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898
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He began to develop that purity of style which we find in "Alceste," "Iphigénie en Tauride" and others.
The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898
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