It's 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's also a surprisingly modern psychological ...

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, ...

This year, the Brooklyn Academy of Music celebrates its 150th anniversary, giving itself a 16-month-long birthday party chock-full of performances, special events, and even the opening of a new ...

Co-produced by Opéra Comique, BAM, Théâtre de Caen, Opéra National de Bordeaux, and Les Arts Florissants It was an event: in 1989, Jean-Baptiste Lully’s shimmering opera Atys arrived at BAM. The ...

BAM opens its series with an extended visit from some old friends, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, who revive their landmark 1989 production of Lully’s resplendent opera-ballet. (Brooklyn ...

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 ...

Lully shows us what happens when mere mortals get involved with the gods. Though it may not be obvious, the 1999 Hollywood hit Notting Hill, starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, addresses a dramatic ...