Gluck wrote a preface to the published score of 'Alceste,' which is one of the most interesting documents in the history of music.
Fresh adaptations of "Orpheus and Eurydice" and of "Alceste" were produced.
One of his most famous impersonations was Alceste in the Misanthrope of Molire.
Gluck had not been willing to entrust his "Alceste" to these singers.
"Alceste" was the second opera on the reformed plan which simplified the music to give more prominence to the poetry.
