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 ...
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 ...