Barockissimo ! Les Arts Florissants en scène. Théories de l’art An absolute bestseller of the

An absolute bestseller of the time

permanent secretary of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres

which is inevitably associated with knowledge: knowing how to name the gods and space

each year the city welcomes eminent scholars and heirs of the poet

Barockissimo ! Les Arts Florissants en scène. Théories de l’art An absolute bestseller of theLes Arts Florissants, founded by Franco American conductor William Christie in 1979, is by no means an ensemble like any other. They have over fifty operatic productions to their credit, mounted in France and abroad by major opera houses or thanks to festivals, with brilliant production teams. In the wake of Atys in 1987, which marked the revival of the Baroque on the operatic stage, they have worked with the greatest directors, costume designers, and