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’s an ingenious idea: Create an evening-length ballet about the progenitor of ballet, Louis XIV, and his most frequent collaborator, composer Jean-Baptiste Lully. And there was a certain magic to ...

A goddess (Anna Reinhold, top) seeks revenge on a mortal (Ed Lyon) who falls for another woman (Emmanuelle de Negri). Stephanie Berger Photography Lully’s elegant “Atys” is so powerful that it makes ...

One of Lully's most grandiose tragic operas is brought back to life by the French ensemble devoted entirely to reviving France's musical heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries - La Simphonie du ...

Ovid's tale of Acis and Galatea is familiar to opera lovers in the sturdy, tuneful and mostly lighthearted version created by George Frideric Handel. But another great musician was also inspired by ...

It's no longer news that live music – and not just classical – has been imperiled as much as most other human enterprises by COVID-19. Back in the day, productions closed, but now cancellations are of ...

This could be the comeback of all comebacks. After a hiatus of 320 years, Baroque composer Paolo Lorenzani's Nicandro e Fileno is getting its second major production, thanks to the efforts of a ...