Alceste

[al-sest]

noun

1. an opera (1767) by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Example Sentences

And we spent the next six weeks choreographing “Alceste,” and memorizing Bob’s style of movement.

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That doesn’t mean assuming the role of Alceste in Molière’s “The Misanthrope,” the critic of society who calls out everyone’s faults while remaining oblivious to his own.

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The plot is fueled by arch archetypes that infuriate the main character, Alceste, who prides himself on telling these poseurs the truth, no matter the cost.

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As Alceste, Elliott Kashner fumes and stammers with disgust, often while dangling a couplet’s final word for comic effect.

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What’s not as visible are the superior but soulful Alceste’s bruised feelings.

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