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 ...

Those turned off French baroque opera by English National Opera's dreary recent attempt at Rameau's Castor et Pollux may change their minds after seeing Robert Carsen's production of Lully's Armide, ...

Armide is not your usual knight-meets-sorceress romance. Considered the masterpiece of Jean-Baptiste Lully, the dominant figure in late-17th-century French music, Armide premiered at the Paris Opera ...

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 ...

This year Opera Lafayette has devoted most of its season to the Armide Project, a plan to perform two famous operatic realizations of the same libretto, Armide by Philippe Quinault. First on the ...

Two virgins define the world of Armide , Jean Baptiste Lully ‘s psychologically telling opera about the clash of Moslems and Christians in the 1099 Crusade. At first, power and glory are the key ...

When Toronto's Opera Atelier announced that its production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Armide would be touring to Paris this spring, it sounded like a big step. But, as anyone who attends Armide will ...

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The Glimmerglass Festival, the Central New York opera and musical theater summer festival, has announced its 2012 season. The 2012 Festival mainstage productions include Verdi's Aida, Willson's The ...

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