Superintendent of music for Louis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-87) has a secure place in music history. Some might question his stature as a composer of viable operas, but the production of Armide that opened in the Elgin Theatre on Saturday is of a calibre to melt the heart of the stoniest early-music sceptic. This Opera ...
SOURCE: National Post (Canada) at 11:27PM on April 15, 2012