It's a courtly spectacle from a bygone age, combining music, dance and lavish costumes to retell a myth of human lovers undone by a vengeful goddess. It's also a surprisingly modern psychological ...
Co-produced by Opéra Comique, BAM, Théâtre de Caen, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Les Arts Florissants It was an event: in 1989, Jean-Baptiste Lully’s shimmering opera Atys arrived at BAM. The ...
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Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Museum piece or inspired revival? When the Opéra Comique staged Lully’s fourth opera in January 1987, the event ...
If William Christie’s subsequent exploration of Baroque opera was notable for one thing, it was this: the ‘historically informed’ sounds coming from the orchestra pit were not matched by what was seen ...
This performance of Jean-Baptiste Lully's renowned opera +Atys by the Opera Comique was recorded in 1987, and features such greats as Bernard Richter, Stephanie d'Oustrac, Emmanuelle de Negri, and ...