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Jean-Baptiste Lully, a master of 17th century French Baroque, answered to both master and muse in his 1675 opera "Thésée." The former was Louis XIV, whose court is celebrated in a long and floridly ...

Throw enough money at opera and this is an art form that can respond with a lavishness no other can match. Louis XIV was certainly not short of cash and the emergence of a national French opera during ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully met a rather sticky end. Quite literally, by his own conducting staff. Lully, it is remembered, loved to compose music that could be danced to. As many conductors did at this time, ...

When it comes to anecdotes about musicians, the one about 17th century French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully certainly ranks among the most bizarre. Lully, who spent much of his career writing music for ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. No expense was spared for the premiere of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s Thésée in early 1675. Louis XIV had lavished ...

Hannah French is joined in the Early Music Show studio by musicologists Berta Joncus & Lola Salem to explore the life & music of Jean-Baptiste Lully - favourite of King Louis XIV. Show more Hannah ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully is synonymous with the Versailles of Louis XIV with his music composed for and accompanying the grand occasions of the court. Three of the composer’s motets are performed from the ...