Chicago Baroque Ensemble; Patrice Michaels Bedi, soprano; John Mark Rozendaal, artistic director (Cedille) As director John Mark Rozendaal has observed, late 17th and early 18th Century France was not ...

It's no longer news that live music – and not just classical – has been imperiled as much as most other human enterprises by COVID-19. Back in the day, productions closed, but now cancellations are of ...

Throw enough money at opera and this is an art form that can respond with a lavishness no other can match. Louis XIV was certainly not short of cash and the emergence of a national French opera during ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The opulent Vingt-quatre was one of the most prestigious ensembles in ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully was the toast of the town in France during the Baroque era. The French King loved Lully, and today's Beautiful Music is a live performance of an excerpt from the composer's comédie ...

April 15, 2015 • Hear a consummate master of early music, conductor and viola da gamba player Jordi Savall, lead his ensemble Le Concert des Nations in an exhilarating array of 17th- and 18th-century ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully, a master of 17th century French Baroque, answered to both master and muse in his 1675 opera "Thésée." The former was Louis XIV, whose court is celebrated in a long and floridly ...

Donald Macleod explores the work of Lully, the pre-eminent composer of the French court in the late 17th century, the founding father of French opera and a leading figure in the music of his era ...

Earlier this summer, Lully captured our attention with her odd yet addictive debut single, "Slow D's." After laying low for a few months, the new artist—who's named after the of 17th century composer ...

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