Step into “Alcyone,” an 18th century French opera first composed in the court of King Louis XIV. The conductor Jordi Savall has revived the opera, which tells the tale of young lovers.
By: Elian Peltier, Daphné Anglès, Kaitlyn Mullin and Veda Shastri
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