| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 17-Apr-2013 Brooklyn Academy of Music: Howard Gilman Opera House | Les Arts Florissants bring a stunning David et Jonathas to BAM |
 New York is again lucky to host William Christie and Les Arts Florissants at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Their visits are always special, and it’s not just because the unique nature of their repertory – Baroque opera, usually French, which is neglected by most of New York’s major companies – nor the virtuosic ease with which they embody this otherwise-foreign idiom. Their productions have a passionate unity of purpose and a loving, handcrafted quality that somehow seems antithetical to many of our more slick and snarky local efforts.Read full review... | |
| 6-Jul-2012 Théâtre de l'Archevêché | Charpentier's David et Jonathas in Aix-en-Provence |
 One of the most sophisticated offerings in the 2012 Festival d’Aix-en-Provence is a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s David et Jonathas. In contrast with the composer’s better known Médée, David has received relatively little attention from modern revivalists despite its sumptuous score and scintillating story; the “love that dare not speak its name” between Old Testament figures David and Jonathas.
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