For nearly three decades, Opera Lafayette has steadily been expanding America’s understanding of 17th- and 18th-century opera and, more specifically, works of the French baroque. Founded during the ...

Armide is not your usual knight-meets-sorceress romance. Though Mercury Baroque director Antoine Plante will conduct an ensemble of 23 musicians on period instruments, the stage production will have a ...

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One of Lully's most grandiose tragic operas is brought back to life by the French ensemble devoted entirely to reviving France's musical heritage of the 17th and 18th centuries - La Simphonie du ...

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This could be the comeback of all comebacks. After a hiatus of 320 years, Baroque composer Paolo Lorenzani's Nicandro e Fileno is getting its second major production, thanks to the efforts of a ...