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Charpentier: David & Jonathas / Pascal Charbonneau, Ana Quintans, Neal Davis, Frédéric Caton, Kresimir Spicer. William Christie [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustave Charpentier: David and Jonathas
Performers: Caton, Frederic; Charbonneau, Pascal; Davies, Neal [Bass Baritone]; Quintans, Ana; Spicer, Kresimer; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

The deepest of male friendships must contend with jealousy, a witch's premonition, and, ultimately war in the biblical tale of the King Saul's banishment of...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Christie, de Niese, Jaroussky [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bonitatibus, Anna; Cencic, Max Emanuel; De Niese, Danielle; Jaroussky, Philippe; Quintans, Ana
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

The culmination of a three-year Monteverdi project led by conductor William Christie and director Pier Luigi Pizzi at Madrid's Teatro Real, L'incoronazione di Poppea brings...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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Lully: Atys / Christie, Azzaretti, Daneman, de Negri, d'Oustrac [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2011-11-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Atys, LWV 53
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Auvity, Cyril; Azzaretti, Jael; DAEOustrac, Stephanie; Daneman, Sophie; de Negri, Emmanuelle; Mauillon, Marc; Richter, Bernard [Tenor]; Rivenq, Nicolas
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

Lully’s Atys was so dear to Louis XIV that it became known as the “the King’s opera.” With its unprecedented dramatic intensity, Atys was the...continue...
Run Time: 295 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, DTS
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Baroque Academie / William Christie, Les Arts Florrisant [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2011-06-28

Works: Various: Work(s)
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Embark on a journey with Le Jardin des Voix founder, William Christie, as he searches for and later reveals to the world the previously unknown...continue...
Run Time: 93 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German
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Lully: Armide / Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Agnew, DÆOustrac [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2011-06-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Armide, LWV 71
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Berg, Nathan; Callahan, Marc; DAEOustrac, Stephanie; Dahlin, Anders; Debono, Claire; Druet, Isabelle; Mauillon, Marc; Naouri, Laurent; Tortise, Andrew
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Twenty-four years ago , William Christie and Les Arts Florissants premièred Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Atys at the Opéra Comique in Paris. It was a smashing...continue...
Run Time: 197 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Christe/Les Arts Florissants, Henschel, Prina, De Donato [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Auvity, Cyril; Bayodi, Hanna; de Donato, Luigi; Henschel, Dietrich; Prina, Sonia; Provost, Ludovic; Prunell-Friend, Agustin; Sabata, Xavier; Sancho, Juan; Schiavo, Maria Grazia; Sells...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Les Saqueboutiers du Toulouse

Run Time: 113 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, Italian, English, Ger...continue...

Monteverdi: Il ritorno dÆUlisse in patria / Rensburg, Rice, Christie [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Auvity, Cyril; Rice, Christine; Sabata, Xavier; van Rensburg, Kobie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Run Time: 175 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Fre...continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Christie/Les Arts Florissants, Ernman, Maltman, Summers [DVD]

1 DVD Video / FRA Musica / 2010-01-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas
Performers: Ernman, Malena; Maltman, Christopher; Summers, Hilary; Van Wanroij, Judith
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

A genius with the ability to combine French and Italian influences in an art that transported the English language, Purcell is one of William Christie's...continue...
Run Time: 66 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Rameau: Les Boréades / William Christie/Opéra National de Paris, Bonney, Agnew [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-04-28

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Boréades
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Azzaretti, Jael; Bonney, Barbara; Degout, Stephane; Naouri, Laurent; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Written in 1763, this opera was abandoned in rehearsal, for reasons still unclear. Rameau died the following year and the work disappeared from public view...continue...
Run Time: 218 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanis...continue...

Landi: Il Sant'Alessio / Christie/Les Arts Florissants / Jaroussky, Cencic [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Stefano Landi: Il Sant'Alessio
Performers: Angel, Ryland; Bertin, Pascal; Bonnevalle, Jean-Paul; Buet, Alain; Cencic, Max Emanuel; de Donato, Luigi; Guillon, Damien; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lemos, Jose; Sabata, Xavier; Wey, Terry
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: La Maitrise de Caen; Les Arts Florissants

Baroque composer Stefano Landi’s lesser-known opera Sant’Alessio - the earliest opera on a historical, rather than mythological subject — has rarely been performed because of...continue...
Run Time: 162 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Jean-Philippe Rameau In Convertendo / William Christie/Orchestra and Chorus of Les Arts Florisants [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-08-29

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: In convertendo
Performers: Daneman, Sophie; Pitarch Mampel, Olga; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Jean-Phillipe Rameau was still a young musician when he moved to Lyon, where he probably composed his few surviving motets, including the Grand Motet 'In...continue...
Run Time: 97 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Rameau: Les Paladins / Topi Lehtipuu, Stephanie Dæoustrac, Laurent Naouri, Sandrine Piau [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2006-01-17

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Paladins
Performers: D'Oustrac, Stephanie; Lehtipuu, Topi; Naouri, Laurent; Piau, Sandrine; Piolino, Francois
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Run Time: 204 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Rameau: Les Indes Galantes / Valerie Gabail; Nicolas Rivenq; Paul Agnew & Others [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-08-16

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes
Performers: Agnew, Paul; Azzaretti, Jael; Cavallier, Nicolas; Gabail, Valerie; Panzarella, Anna Maria; Petitbon, Particia
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

William Christie and Les Arts Florissants propel this exuberant prouction of jean-Philippe Rameau's second opera to great heights. Andrei Serban's extravagant, highly baroque staging presents...continue...
Run Time: 244 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Christie, William: Monteverdi:Il Rit0Rno D'Ulisse [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2004-02-24

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

"An unequivocal triumpt... ravishingly beautiful... Christie achievessomethign approaching Monteverdian nirvana." - UK Sunday Times"This season's hottest ticket is a repeat of Adrian Noble's productio...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: USA
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