Written in 1686, 𝐀𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭é𝐞 was Lully’s last completed stage work. It's now acknowledged as an operatic masterpiece that also makes substantial use of dances and choruses. This highly successful production recorded at the 2022 Teatro del Maggio, Operawire certainly found much to enjoy in the production, appreciating the period instruments ‘from whom [music director] Federico Sardelli elicited a beautiful sound, expertly uncovering the score’s textural and rhythmic contrasts’, wh

Created by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1686, the opera 'Armide' has been reworked for the taste of his times by Louis-Joseph Francoeur in 1778, in order to make "modern" and "ancient" styles coexist. The same aesthetic approach inhabits this version interpreted by Hervé Niquet and Le Banquet Céleste, accompanied by the vivid voices of Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen - Tenor, Zachary Wilder | Tenor, Tassis Christoyannis or Chantal Santon, who resurrect the story of the Egyptian magician Armide, i

#opera "Armide", ultime chef-d’œuvre de Jean-Baptiste Lully est à l’affiche de l’Opéra de Dijon jusqu’au 29 avril. Une nouvelle création en partenariat avec l’Opéra Royal du Château de Versailles où la pièce sera présentée courant mai. Château de Versailles Spectacles Opéra de Dijon - Page officielle France 3 Régions | franceinfo culture