It was with Atys, staged and recorded in 1987 by William Christie and Les Arts Florissants to mark the tercentenary of the composer’s death, that the modern revival of Lully’s operas really got going.

The mortal Acis loves the sea-nymph Galatea, but is murdered in a jealous rage by the Cyclops Polyphemus. Miraculously transformed into a river, Acis is finally reunited with Galatea in eternity. The ...