In the second act, the title character's husband sings the aria "Bannis la crainte et les alarmes" to soothe her, and after she is left alone with her people she sings that in spite of herself, her feeble heart shares their tender tears.
In the second act, the title character's husband sings the aria "Bannis la crainte et les alarmes" to soothe her, and after she is left alone with her people she sings that in spite of herself, her feeble heart shares their tender tears. The first act features several "Pantomime" tunes which are heard in a temple, after which the title character sings "No, it is not a sacrifice." The most famous aria, "Divinités du Styx," is sung in defiance of the gods of the underworld at the end of the first act, after which Evander congratulates the king on his recovery. Featuring a scene at the gates of hell, it ends with Hercules retrieving the title character. FTP, name this opera, a 1767 work about the husband of Admetus which was based on a Euripides play and composed by Christoph Gluck.
In the second act, the title character's husband sings the aria "Bannis la crainte et les alarmes" to soothe her, and after she is left alone with her people she sings that in spite of herself, her feeble heart shares their tender tears.
{Alceste} or {Alcestis}