• Sound Format: stereo/DTS 5.1
• Picture: Widescreen (HD)
• Subtitles: Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch, Italienisch, Spanisch

• Artists: Bernard Richter, Stephanie d'Oustrac, Emmanuelle de Negri, Nicolas Rivenq, Marc Mauillon, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie

The King's Opera
"There have been some important moments in the history of the Arts Florissants, but one stands out among them all - that was when we performed 'Atys,'" says William Christie of the production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédie en musique "Atys," directed by Jean-Marie Villégier in 1987, when the music world commemorated the 300th anniversary of Lully's death. When the music world commemorated the 300th anniversary of Lully's death, the production was directed by Jean-Marie Villégier.

When it was first performed in 1676, the opera so pleased King Louis XIV that it was nicknamed "the King's opera. The work's revival after a 300-year sleep also represented a landmark in the early music movement: At a stroke, interest in French baroque opera awoke anew. Numerous repetitions kept the work on opera stages until 1992, after which it again disappeared into obscurity for almost 20 years, until the American patron Ronald P. Stanton made possible a revival of "Atys" at the Opéra Comique.