Revisiting Atys: reflections on Les Arts Florissants' production

Revisiting Atys: reflections on Les Arts Florissants' production

More than ten years after its last performance, Les Arts Florissants' production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Atys remains the touchstone for the modern interpretation of French Baroque opera. This collaboration between stage director Jean-Marie Villegier and conductor William Christie has acc...

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Veröffentlicht in:Early music 2006-08, Vol.34 (3), p.465-478
1. Verfasser: Burgess, Geoffrey
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Baroque music
Christie, William
Librettos
Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Music
Musical aesthetics
Musical performance
Musical performances
Opera
Pastoralism
Performing Matters
Postmodern music
Prologues
Theater
Villegier, Jean-Marie
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Zusammenfassung:More than ten years after its last performance, Les Arts Florissants' production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Atys remains the touchstone for the modern interpretation of French Baroque opera. This collaboration between stage director Jean-Marie Villegier and conductor William Christie has accrued almost legendary status and exercised enduring influence.
ISSN:0306-1078
1741-7260
DOI:10.1093/em/cal036