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Stéphanie D’Oustrac (Armide), Paul Agnew (Renaud), Claire Debono (La Gloire, Phénice, Lucinde), Isabelle Druet (La Sagesse, Sidonie, Mélisse), Nathan Berg (Hidraot ), Marc Mauillon (Ubalde Aronte), Marc Callaghan (Artémidore), Andrew Tortise (Le Chevalier Danois), Laurent Naouri (La Haine) & Anders J. Dahlin (Un Amant fortuné)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Book: Philippe Quinault; direction: Robert Carsen; designer: Gideon Davey; Production: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées October 2008
For any enthusiast of Baroque music, the production of Lully's Armide at the Theatre des Champs Elysées, directed by William Christie and staged by Robert Carsen, was an exceptional event. The last and most successful collaboration between Lully and his librettist Quinault, Armide is the ideal of the genre as desired by Louis XIV: a tragic opera that achieves the perfect fusion of music, song and dance. William Christie leads the orchestra and chorus of Les Arts Florissants and a dazzling cast. Stephanie D’Oustrac is the imperious sorceress Armida, overcome by the violence of a forbidden passion.
The bewitching choreography is by Jean-Claude Gallotta