Music by Jean-Baptiste Lully Text by JEAN RACINE (sung in French)
After a decade of military success, peace was the theme of Louis XIV's court entertainments throughout
1685. On 16 July in the orangerie of the Chateau de Sceaux, this divertissement was performed before the King and his guests. EMMA KIRKBY (soprano)
EMILY VAN EVERA (soprano) CHARLES DANIELS (tenor) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
STEPHEN VARCOE (baritone) LONDON BAROQUE CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA led by INGRID SEIFERT conducted by CHARLES MEDLAM (Lully's 'Atys' tomorrow at 7.00pm)