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William Christie - what members say

Les Boreades review by A customer from UK, Midlands

A wonderful early opera - stunningly performed... 10 March 2005
...lly stunning. Rameau?s score is also sublime, and Les Arts Florissants under William Christie deliver wonderfully sensitive music with both the ensemble singing and the orch... Read customer review

Les Indes Galantes - Rameau review by A customer from London

Stunning production... 5 October 2008
...t that's Rameau's fault not this production's creative team. And, then, there's William Christie, master interpreter of Rameau's music..... ... Read customer review

Giulio Cesare - Handel review by A customer from Leicestershire, England

A Divine Caesar 24 August 2006
...et Baker and Valerie Masterson was contained on 1 only). The music, provided by William Christie and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment was outstanding. Julius sang beau... Read customer review

William Christie - filmography

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Glyndebourne ... on DVD (2009)
Starring: Sally Dexter, Joseph Millson, Desmond Barrit
Director: William Christie, Jonathan Kent
Certificate:
Jonathan Kent's spectacular production of Purcell s huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty. Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for a drama which is partly spoken and partly sung. Based on an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the ..read more »

69% from 22 members

Hercules - Handel (2005)
Starring: William Christie, William Shimell, Joyce Di Donato
Director: Vincent Bataillon
Certificate:
George Frideric Handel composed HERCULES in 1745, and it's faithfully rendered here by a cast including Joyce DiDonato and Toby Spence.

40% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

Les Paladins - Rameau 1683-1764 (2 discs) on DVD (2004)
Starring: Stephanie D'Oustrac, Laurent Naouri, Sandrine Piau
Certificate:
A production of the Rameau opera based on a fable by La Fontaine, performed at the Paris Theatre Du Chatelet in May 2004. William Christie conducts. Contains nudity.

65% from 87 members

Les Indes Galantes - Rameau on DVD (2003)
Starring: Nicolas Rivenq, Valerie Gabail, Andrew Agnew
Director: Thomas Grimm
Certificate:
Four love stories: 'Le Turc Genereux', 'Les Incas De Perou', Les Fleurs' and 'Les Sauvages'. William Christie conducts the Jean Philippe Rameau opera.

76% from 105 members

Les Boreades on DVD (2003)
Starring: Barbara Bonney, Paul Agnew, Laurent Naouri
Director: Robert Carsen
Certificate:
A performance of the Rameau opera which follows the tale of Queen Alphise who is contemplating abdication rather that an arranged marriage. Sung in French.

64% from 77 members

Theodora - Glyndebourne Festival Opera on DVD (1996)
Starring: Dawn Upshaw, Frode Olsen, Richard Croft
Director: Peter Sellars
Certificate:
The George Frideric Handel tale of a Christian virgin and a Roman bodyguard in 4th Century Antioch re-presented in a modern day setting. Sung in English with English subtitles. The Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment is conducted by William Christie.

65% from 96 members

Landi - Sant' Alessio
Starring: Philippe Jaroussky, Max Emanuel Cencic, Alain Buet
Director: Benjamin Lazar
Certificate:
A performance of the Stefano Landi 1631 opera SANT' ALESSIO, featuring Philippe Jaroussky as the titular character.

56% from 3 members
Currently unavailable

Giulio Cesare - Handel (3 discs) on DVD
Starring: Glyndebourne Chorus, Orch Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Angelika Kirchschlager
Director: David McVicar
Certificate:
Handel's interpretation of the story of Caesar who rescues Cleopatra.

78% from 122 members

Rameau: In Convertendo on DVD
Starring: Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Certificate:
Jean-Philippe Rameau's popular opera performed by Les Arts Florissants under the conduction of William Christie. In addition to a full performance of the opera, the title also includes some of Rameau's key chamber music pieces and an insightful music documentary, 'The Real Rameau'.

67% from 18 members

William Christie facts

5 most recent films

Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Glyndebourne Festival 2009 - 3.5 stars
Hercules - Handel - 2.5 stars
Les Paladins - Rameau 1683-1764 - 3.5 stars
Les Indes Galantes - Rameau - 3.5 stars
Les Boreades - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Giulio Cesare - Handel - 4.0 stars
Les Indes Galantes - Rameau - 3.5 stars
Les Paladins - Rameau 1683-1764 - 3.5 stars
Theodora - Glyndebourne Festival Opera - 3.0 stars
Les Boreades - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hercules - Handel - 2.5 stars
Landi - Sant' Alessio - 3.0 stars
Rameau: In Convertendo - 3.5 stars
Purcell: The Fairy Queen - Glyndebourne Festival 2009 - 3.5 stars
Les Boreades - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Orch Of The Age Of Enlightenment - 5 times - show films
Christophe Dumaux - 4 times - show films
Angelika Kirchschlager - 4 times - show films
Rachid Ben Abdeslam - 4 times - show films
Glyndebourne Chorus - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David McVicar - 4 times - show films
Thomas Grimm - 2 times - show films
Benjamin Lazar - 1 times - show films
Peter Sellars - 1 times - show films
Vincent Bataillon - 1 times - show films