Despite Luigi Rossi bringing his own Orfeo to Paris in 1647, French opera only takes off in the 1670s with Jean-Baptiste Lully's refined tragédies en musiques written for Louis XIV's court at ...

Commemoration of William Christie’s eighth decade began last year with grand stagings in Paris of Charpentier’s ‘Médée’ and ...

Opera and ballet have long shared an intimate ... Composers like Jean-Baptiste Lully, who worked under Louis XIV, infused ballet with operatic grandeur, elevating it from mere courtly ...

For Virgin, Gens recorded a trio of albums under the title ‘Tragédiennes’, traversing operas by Lully, Rameau, Gluck, Berlioz, Massenet and others, including roles usually sung by mezzo-sopranos, such ...