He developed Lully's legacy with never-before-heard harmonies and original melodies, becoming France's most famous composer of late Baroque opera.

NPR: Opera Beyond Words: Rameau's Radiant Dances

As were, arguably, the heavily decorated codpieces in Gotham Chamber Opera's production of "Eliogabalo, " a Baroque opera about a hedonistic Roman ruler.

WSJ: Culture City: The Art of Fishing for Attention

As were, arguably, the heavily decorated codpieces in Gotham Chamber Orchestra's production of "Eliogabalo, " a Baroque opera about a hedonistic Roman ruler.

WSJ: Culture City: The Art of Fishing for Attention

William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, the gold standard in French baroque opera, brought Marc-Antoine Charpentier's "David et Jonathas" (1688) to the Brooklyn Academy of Music last weekend.

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Who knew Baroque opera could be so much fun?

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Since its founding in 1980, the festival has been expanding its offerings such that in recent years, the highly anticipated centerpiece is an eye-popping, lavishly staged Baroque opera, supported by the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, an ensemble of internationally acclaimed Early Music specialists.

NPR: Opera Beyond Words: Rameau's Radiant Dances

This is much more suitable repertoire for her than Georg Philipp Telemann's "Orpheus, " the baroque piece in which she made her debut with the New York City Opera last season.

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