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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The "authentic revival" of early music acquires a new meaning here: this production by Jean-Marie Villégier was a landmark baroque staging back in 1987, but the sets and costumes were not kept. An ...