William Christie, the founder - and guiding spirit for the past 45 years – of Les Arts Florissants, celebrates his 80th birthday on December 19. Their conversation ranged widely taking in memories of ...

The Opéra-Comique in Paris is a bit like home to William Christie ... 1944), the founder of Les Arts Florissants – an authoritative ensemble for the Baroque repertoire since 1979 – has ...

The presence of Véronique Gens’s name on a CD press release is pretty much a cast-iron guarantee of classy singing. The French soprano started her career with Les Arts Florissants – William Christie ...