A celebrated dancer and passionate music lover, Louis XIV met Jean-Baptiste Lully in the early years of his reign. This intelligent, perceptive, and talented violinist quickly became the devoted architect of the Royal Grand Divertissement, alongside Molière. Lully was one of the most imaginative opera composers of his time, not to mention his court ballets, comédie-ballets, and hybrid stage works combining theatre and music. In this programme, Correspondances offers a journey through some of the most famous ballets and operas, forming a series of “fragments”: a collection of favourite scenes reflecting the many facets of love in Lully’s masterpieces.

Fragments Amoureux
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687)

Psyché : Overture

PROLOGUE
Perseus :

– “Virtue wishes to choose this place”
– “O charming virtue”
– “Do not deceive yourself”
– “O charming virtue”
– “You reign… it is you who stopped it”
– “Let us fight ceaselessly”
– “The gods have given it only for the good of the world”

INDIFFERENCE
Atys :

– “Come, all rush here!”
– “You are watching”
– “Atys, no longer pretend!”
– “Come, come, all rush here!”
– “What honours!”
– “Let us listen to the birds”
– “Atys is too happy”
– Entrance of the Zephyrs

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