Reviving 18th-Century Paris’s Version Of A Broadway Musical Revue

Opéra-ballet, “a frothy, sometimes louche amalgam of dance and singing, was wildly popular in early 18th-century France but then largely disappeared, arousing interest again only in recent decades.” William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, with stage director Robert Carsen, are bringing to the US the most … Read entire story.

Source: MUSIC – ArtsJournal