Les Arts Florissants (ensemble)

Current notable members include soprano Danielle de Niese and tenor Paul Agnew, who has served as assistant conductor since 2007.

[1][2][3] Although not specifically a Baroque opera ensemble, it is within this field that Les Arts Florissants has achieved its greatest successes.

The majority of the ensemble's performances are of period operas (both staged and in concert), many of which are available on CD on the Harmonia Mundi and Erato labels and on DVD.

The group first drew international acclaim in the area of opera in December 1986-January 1987 with a production of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Atys at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

The ensemble also occasionally presents works from the standard repertoire, most particularly a number of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Les Arts Florissants performing Henry Purcell 's Dido and Aeneas in 2020
Baroque period instruments: lute , hurdy-gurdy , viola da gamba , Baroque violin , and Baroque guitar
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632–1687). The 1986 production of his opera Atys by Les Arts Florissants brought the ensemble to international attention. The opera was subsequently recorded by the group for Harmonia Mundi in 1993.