William Christie Trailers
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Most Popular William Christie Trailers
Total trailers found: 29
Giulio Cesare Trailer (2005)
01 December 2005
David McVicar’s production of Giulio Cesare manages to combine serious insight with entertainment, bringing Handel's masterpiece to life in a powerful, convincing and highly intelligent way.
Purcell: The Fairy Queen Trailer (2009)
01 January 2009
Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell's huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty,
Partenope Trailer (2021)
26 September 2021
This is the very first time that Les Arts Florissants have performed Partenope, in which the composer breaks free from the rules of opera seria.
The Enchanted Island, a Baroque pastiche Trailer (2012)
20 December 2012
A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Les Paladins Trailer (2005)
13 March 2005
Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most brilliant music for his penultimate great work, blending reality and the surreal on several levels.
Theodora Trailer (1996)
29 May 1996
The Peter Sellars production of Handel's "Theodora", recorded live at the Glyndebourne Festival in May 1996.
Les Boréades Trailer (2003)
01 March 2003
Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms.
Les Paladins by Jean-Philippe Rameau or Baroque that Rocks Trailer (2005)
13 March 2005
Featurette from the Opus Arte DVD of Les Paladins by Jean-Philippe Rameau staged at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Paris, 2004.
Theodora Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
The oratorio concerns the Christian martyr Theodora and her Christian-converted Roman lover, Didymus.
Theseus Trailer (1998)
01 January 1998
The first recreation of Theseus, an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, since 1675, date of its creation. This performance was the culmination of a year's work by students from the Major European music academies at the European Baroque Academy of Ambronay under the superb direction of William Christie.
Hippolyte and Aricie Trailer (2010)
01 January 2010
In Glyndebournes first-ever staging of a opera by Rameau, director Jonathan Kent presents a production which, in his own words, strives to appeal to every sense and show audiences how engrossing and musically ravishing French Baroque opera can be.
The Return of Ulysses to his Homeland Trailer (2002)
15 July 2002
Claudio Monteverdi's operatic adaptation of this story from Homer's The Odyssey receives a modern and distinctive staging in this 2002 production directed by Humphrey Burton for Les Arts Florissants.
Iphigénie en Tauride Trailer (2001)
24 April 2001
The eighteenth century German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck strove for the ideal of pairing poetry - in its purest form - with operatic score, an end he came closest to achieving with his 1779 opera Iphigeneia in Tauris (Iphigénie en Tauride).
Bosch: The Garden of Dreams Trailer (2016)
09 June 2016
2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch. It is almost the only information about the artist of The Garden of Earthly Delights that we can put a precise date to.
Les Indes Galantes Trailer (2004)
11 September 2004
"William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant production of Jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights.
Lully : Armide Trailer (2011)
14 June 2011
A production of Lully's 1686 tragédie lyrique masterpiece directed by William Christie at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées from 2008.
Semele Trailer (2007)
03 November 2007
Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her first opera in English.
Rodelinda Trailer (1998)
30 June 1998
Jean-Marie Villegier's modern interpretation of Handel's "Rodelinda" – filmed live at the world-renowned Glyndebourne Opera House in the United Kingdom, sets the timeless tale of jealousy and treachery in the black-and-white world of the silent-movie era.
Dido & Aeneas - Gran Teatre del Liceu Trailer (2023)
14 July 2023
Dido, founder and queen of Carthage, falls in love with the Trojan hero Aeneas and they conduct a passionate affair.
La Didone Trailer (2011)
18 October 2011
Live performance by Les Arts Florissants at the Théâtre de Caen, recorded on 18 Octorber 2011. "One of the earliest operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the Trojan Hero loves and then cruelly leaves the noble Dido.
A Baroque Odyssey: Les Arts Florissants celebrates 40 years Trailer (2019)
21 December 2019
Since William Christie founded Les Arts Florissants in 1979, they have strengthened year after year their reputation as one of the world’s premiere ensembles for early and Baroque music.
Handel: Jephtha Trailer (2018)
13 January 2018
When Jephthah, a biblical parable adapted from the Book of Judges, begins, the people of Israel are under the yoke of neighbouring nations which pillage and oppress them.
Titon et l'aurore Trailer (2021)
03 December 2021
Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville was greatly admired in his day. His opera Titon et l’Aurore was one of his most popular works, being held up as a triumph over the rival Italian style during the Parisian Querelle des Bouffons in the 1750s.
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Trailer (2012)
01 March 2012
L'Incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi is the last Opera of the Monteverdi trilogy filmed by the Italian label and producer Dynamic at the Teatro Real, Madrid, May 2010.
