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TurinLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers

Les Arts Florissants
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William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman

MilanLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers

Les Arts Florissants
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman

AmbronayLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers

Les Arts Florissants
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman

AmboiseMadrigaux Monteverdi - 6e Livre

Les Arts Florissants
Monteverdi: Sixth Book of Madrigals
Paul Agnew; Les Arts Florissants; Miriam Allan; Hannah Morrison

ParisLes Arts Florissants - William Christie

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Rameau, de Mondonville
William Christie; Les Arts Florissants; Musicians from Les Arts Florissants

LuxembourgGrands Motets - Rameau, Mondonville

Les Arts Florissants
Rameau, de Mondonville
William Christie; Les Arts Florissants; Emmanuel Resche-Caserta
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Les Arts Florissants provide a stylish opening to Toronto Summer Music

Les Arts Florissants © Lucky Tang

Excellent use of movement and dance enhances stylish music-making in Toronto Summer Music’s opening night Charpentier double bill.

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Les Arts Florissants play an abbreviated Christmas Oratorio in Paris

Paul Agnew conducts Les Arts Florissants © Vincent Pontet (2024)
Vigour and vibrato: Les Arts Florissant bring gallic refinement to Bach’s Christmas Oratorio at the Philharmonie de Paris. 
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Gesualdo Passione with Les Arts Florissants

Gesualdo Passione at the Barbican © Mark Allan
Fusing the Renaissance polyphony of Les Arts Florissants with the contemporary dance of Compagnie Amala Dianor was an ambitious experiment, which displayed great virtues but didn't quite come off.
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Pop goes Purcell: Les Arts Flo serve up an intoxicating cocktail

Emmanuel Resche-Caserta and Rebecca Legett © Lucky Tang
The Toronto Summer Music Festival opens with Les Arts Florissants’ enchanting performance of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, featuring the singers of Le Jardin des voix and the dancers of Compagnie Käfig.
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Epiphany meditation from Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants

Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants © Christine Dietzi | Gstaad New Year Music Festival 2022-2023
In the intimate setting of Lauenen Church, Agnew and Les Arts Florissants introduce us to the austere sound world of Marc-Antoine Charpentier and other French composers of 17th-century sacred music.
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Handel's pastoral sings, dances and laughs at the Barbican

William Christie directs with all his customary close involvement, and profound belief in the work in hand. 
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ParisMédée

Opéra national de Paris
Charpentier: Médée
William Christie; Sir David McVicar; Opéra national de Paris; Bunny Christie; Paule Constable; Les Arts Florissants

MoscowLa finta giardiniera

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Mozart: La finta giardiniera
Les Arts Florissants

ParisGesualdo's Madrigals: Book 4

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Gesualdo: Madrigals
Les Arts Florissants; Paul Agnew
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One charming night: Paul Agnew on Purcell’s Fairy Queen

Les Arts Florissant’s The Fairy Queen © Julien Gazeau
Les Arts Florissants’ new production combines choreography from Mourad Merzouki with the vocal ensemble Les Jardins des Voix, turning Purcell’s fantastical work into a sung ballet.

Idyllic scenery and fiery performances: LuganoMusica’s new season

LAC Lugano Arte e Cultura, shadowed by San Salvatore © Studio Pagi
The 2023–24 season at Lugano’s LAC boasts a wide range of orchestral and chamber offerings, including visits from Martha Argerich, Ton Koopman, Riccardo Chailly and Grigory Sokolov.

Théotime Langlois de Swarte, mad lover du violon baroque

Théotime Langlois de Swarte © Jean-Baptiste Millot
« Un musicien aujourd’hui doit définir son but, sa mission, sa raison d’être. » Le violoniste le plus en vue de la sphère baroque française se confie sur son parcours, son instrument et ses différents projets.