Duration196 Min
Lully: Atys
Opera
Opéra Comique, Paris
Production Date: 21/05/2011
Duration196 Min
Video Formats
“Atys is slaying the one he loves!” Lully’s mythological opera Atys is an allegory, designed to celebrate the splendours of Louis XIV’s court, but at its heart is a story of doomed love and a hero cursed by the gods. When baroque specialist William Christie and director Jean-Marie Villégier created their staging of Atys in 1987, the results caused a sensation – a near-perfect blend of historic spectacle and heartfelt period performance that revolutionised Lully’s modern reputation. This Paris performance from 2011 revives that ground-breaking production in all its beauty and emotion; as miraculous to hear as it is to see.
- Soloists:
- Bernard Richter (Tenor), Emmanuelle De Negri (Soprano), Sophie Daneman (Soprano), Jaël Azzaretti (Soprano), Stéphanie d' Oustrac (Mezzo-Soprano), Paul Agnew (Tenor), Cyril Auvity (Tenor), Marc Mauillon (Tenor), Nicolas Rivenq (Baritone), Bernard Deletré (Bass-Baritone), Rachel Redmond (Soprano), Anna Reinhold (Mezzo-Soprano), Elodie Fonnard (Soprano), Francisco Fernández–Rueda (Tenor), Reinoud Van Mechelen (Tenor), Callum Thorpe (Bass), Benjamin Alunni (Tenor), Arnaud Richard (Bass-Baritone)
- Ensemble:
- Choeur Les Arts florissants
- Conductor:
- William Christie
