Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The revival of Lully's 'Atys' at Palace of Versailles (Baptiste Lacaze) The Palace of Versailles has always been about artifice.

Lully shows us what happens when mere mortals get involved with the gods. Mortals, Beware: Lully's 'Atys' Mortals, Beware: Lully's 'Atys' Mortals, Beware: Lully's 'Atys' Though it may not be obvious, ...

If William Christie’s subsequent exploration of Baroque opera was notable for one thing, it was this: the ‘historically informed’ sounds coming from the orchestra pit were not matched by what was seen ...

It is a courtly spectacle from a bygone age, combining music, dance and lavish costumes to retell a myth of human lovers undone by a vengeful goddess. It also is a surprisingly modern psychological ...

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Based on a tale from Ovid, Quinault’s libretto for Atys (1676) was the first collaboration with Lully to eschew comic subplots, and its coherent serious tone and unremittingly tragic final act ...

The Palace of Versailles has always been about artifice. Nothing is quite true, its spectacle invented and reinvented for its age. Ironically, in our days of access and equality, it is probably far ...