The fatal attraction between a sorceress and a Christian Crusader in Lully's opera Armide is the very definition of angst. For a work written in 1686, Armide was also way ahead of its time since it ...

Armide is not your usual knight-meets-sorceress romance. Though Mercury Baroque director Antoine Plante will conduct an ensemble of 23 musicians on period instruments, the stage production will have a ...

Lully: Armide Guillemette Laurens, Howard Crook, Veronique Gens, Noemi Rime, Bernard Deletre, Giles Ragon; Collegium Vocale; La Chapelle Royale; Philippe Herreweghe, conductor (Harmonia Mundi). Last ...

It was Louis XIV who chose the subject for Armide, issuing one of his regal instructions to his court composer. This opera was nearly Lully’s last, the culmination of his life’s achievement in ...

Opera Columbus and Ballet Met collaborate on a new production of Lully's baroque spectacle, Armide at the Southern theater September 17, 18 and 20. The choreography is by Ballet Met's own Edwaard ...

Opera Atelier began its 30th anniversary season Thursday night with a revival of its celebrated production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide, a show that's travelling to the Royal Theatre in Versailles ...

Two virgins define the world of Armide , Jean Baptiste Lully ‘s psychologically telling opera about the clash of Moslems and Christians in the 1099 Crusade. At first, power and glory are the key ...

When Toronto's Opera Atelier announced that its production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide would be touring to Paris this spring, it sounded like a big step. But, as anyone who attends Armide will ...

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