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 ...

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 ...

There's about as much dancing as there is singing in Lully's "Armide," which opened on Saturday night at the Glimmerglass Festival. And it's real dancing, too — not those perfunctory turns and courtly ...

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 ...

Opera Columbus has rarely performed repertoire from the French Baroque school of opera. Artistic Director Peggy Kriha Dye, herself an operatic soprano, is a specialist in the style. Opera Columbus ...

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Every now and then, it is both humbling and salutary to be reminded of how much great music there is that remains to be discovered. Who but a few specialists know more than a handful of Bach's ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. For this important occasion, director Pynkoski and choreographer Zingg are proud ...

OPERA LAFAYETTE Jean-Baptiste Lully, The Tragedy of Armide (Naxos): The first voice you hear is Toronto soprano Ann Monoyios leading a hearty, happy beginning to this great, Greek-inspired tale, the ...