| The Alcestiad Die Alkestiade | |
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| Opera by Louise Talma | |
| Librettist | Thornton Wilder |
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| Based on | Wilder's play |
| Premiere | 1 March 1962 |
The Alcestiad is an opera in three acts by Louise Talma to a libretto that Thornton Wilder wrote based on his 1955 play of the same name. It premiered in German as Die Alkestiade at the Oper Frankfurt on 1 March 1962. It was the first full-length opera by an American woman staged at a major European opera house.[1]