42K views · 2.3K reactions |  Watch this glorious production of Lully's Atys made in 2011 with Les Arts Florissants - William Christie! This Baroque gem was the Sun King Louis XIV's favorite "tragédie en musique"!  https://cutt.ly/zUtahqO | medici.tv | Facebook

Lully's Jubilate Deo

[BIRTHDAY] 🎵🎂 Jean-Baptiste Lully was born on this day 389 years ago. His Te Deum is one of the many pieces we still know and love today—listen to the wonderful version by Václav Luks with the Collegium 1704! 🎵🎂 http://bit.ly/Lully_TeDeum | medici.tv

1K views · 30 reactions | La fistule de Louis XIV a inspiré l'hymne...

88K views · 1.3K reactions | Did you know that the Sun King, Louis XIV himself starred in the ballet numbers written by Lully for Cavalli's Hercules (Ercole amante)? A true Baroque celebration where grandiose mythology meets the allegory equating Hercules with the Sun King and the goddess Hebe with his new bride. In this production from David Alden, watch Luca Pisaroni in the title role in "Quel grand’eroe", available in full on medici.tv. https://bit.ly/4cxwls4 | medici.tv | Facebook