| Alceste | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Anton Schweitzer | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Anton_Schweitzer.jpg) Anton Schweitzer, the composer | |
| Librettist | Christoph Martin Wieland |
| Language | German |
| Premiere | 28 May 1773 |
Alceste is an opera in German in five acts by Anton Schweitzer with a libretto by Christoph Martin Wieland. It was commissioned by Abel Seyler for the Seylersche Schauspiel-Gesellschaft, and premiered on 28 May 1773 at the Hoftheater Weimar. Considered a milestone of German opera, it was revived in Weimar and recorded in 1999.