William Christie

Classical

The next William Christie concert is scheduled for Monday, February 23, 2026 at Auditorium-Orchestre national in Lyon, France. See all 1 upcoming concerts

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Trio Sonata in C Minor, HWV 386a: III. AndanteWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Sonata Op. 2 No. 12: Ciaccona in B-Flat MajorWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Psyché : Prelude by Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & Jean-Baptiste Lully, see lyrics, music video & more!

Psyché : PreludeLes Arts Florissants, William Christie & Jean-Baptiste Lully

Listen to Psyché : "Chantons Les Plaisirs Charmants" [Chorus] by Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & Jean-Baptiste Lully, see lyrics, music video & more!

Psyché : "Chantons Les Plaisirs Charmants" [Chorus]Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & Jean-Baptiste Lully

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Chorus. With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (2024 Remaster)William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Te Deum, H. 146: I. Prélude by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Te Deum, H. 146: I. PréludeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Te Deum, H. 146: II. Te Deum laudamus by Les Arts Florissants, William Christie & Bernard Deletré, see lyrics, music video & more!

Te Deum, H. 146: II. Te Deum laudamusLes Arts Florissants, William Christie & Bernard Deletré

Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act II: Scene 3, Chorus. O Glorious Prince! Thrice Happy TheyWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Die Zauberflöte: Act 2 "O Isis Und Osiris" [Sarastro, Chorus] by Les Arts Florissants, Maîtrise de l'Opéra de Lyon, Reinhard Hagen & William Christie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Die Zauberflöte: Act 2 "O Isis Und Osiris" [Sarastro, Chorus]Les Arts Florissants, Maîtrise de l'Opéra de Lyon, Reinhard Hagen & William Christie

Listen to Les Indes galantes, RCT 44: Ouverture by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie, see lyrics, music video & more!

Les Indes galantes, RCT 44: OuvertureLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Upcoming Concerts for William Christie

Feb
23
Feb 23, 2026
Auditorium-Orchestre national
Lyon

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ALBUMNei giardini d'amore. Baroque arias for 2 altiCarlo Vistoli, Hugh Cutting, William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

More albums from William Christie

Listen to D'India: Madrigali by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMD'India: MadrigaliWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMBill & FriendsWilliam Christie, Gwendoline Blondeel, Juliette Mey, Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Emmanuel Resche-Caserta, Myriam Rignol, Thomas Dunford & Justin Taylor

ALBUMLes Musiques de MolièreLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUM"Conversation" Gaspard Le Roux: Suites for 2 HarpsichordsWilliam Christie & Justin Taylor

ALBUMM.A. Charpentier: Actéon & Intermèdes nouveaux du Mariage forcéLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMM.A. Charpentier: Cæcilia Virgo et Martyr, H.413 - Filius prodigus, H.399 - Magnificat, H.73Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Rachel Ramond, Leo Jemison, Trinity Boys Choir, James Way & Sreten Manojlović

ALBUM"Générations" Senaillé & Leclair: Sonatas for Violin and HarpsichordThéotime Langlois de Swarte & William Christie

ALBUMN'espérez plus mes yeux... Airs sérieux et à boire, Vol. 3William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Musique de cour et pastorales du XVIII siècle by Jacques Vandeville, William Christie & Mariijke Verberne

ALBUMMusique de cour et pastorales du XVIII siècleJacques Vandeville, William Christie & Mariijke Verberne

Listen to Si vous vouliez un jour…airs serieux et à boire, Vol. 2 by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMSi vous vouliez un jour…airs serieux et à boire, Vol. 2Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Handel: Music for Queen Caroline by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: Music for Queen CarolineLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Le Jardin de Monsieur Rameau by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMLe Jardin de Monsieur RameauLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Handel: Belshazzar by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMHandel: BelshazzarWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Handel: Theodora (Glyndebourne) by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, David Daniels, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Croft, William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus

ALBUMHandel: Theodora (Glyndebourne)Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, David Daniels, Dawn Upshaw, Richard Croft, William Christie, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & The Glyndebourne Chorus

Listen to Duetti by Les Arts Florissants, Max Emanuel Cencic & William Christie

ALBUMDuettiLes Arts Florissants, Max Emanuel Cencic & William Christie

Listen to Hasse: Cleofide by William Christie

ALBUMHasse: CleofideWilliam Christie

Listen to Ombre de mon amant - French Baroque Arias by Anne Sofie von Otter, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMOmbre de mon amant - French Baroque AriasAnne Sofie von Otter, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Hasse, J.A.: Cleofide (Opera Scenes and Arias) by David Cordier, Dame Emma Kirkby, Derek Lee Ragin, Dominique Visse, William Christie, Agnes Mellon, Rheinische Kantorei, Cappella Coloniensis & Randalk K. Wong

ALBUMHasse, J.A.: Cleofide (Opera Scenes and Arias)David Cordier, Dame Emma Kirkby, Derek Lee Ragin, Dominique Visse, William Christie, Agnes Mellon, Rheinische Kantorei, Cappella Coloniensis & Randalk K. Wong

ALBUMHaydn: Die SchöpfungWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMRoyer: Pièces de clavecinWilliam Christie

Listen to Purcell: Divine Hymns by William Christie

ALBUMPurcell: Divine HymnsWilliam Christie

Listen to Handel: Arias by Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: AriasDanielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Handel: Arias (Bonus Version) by Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: Arias (Bonus Version)Danielle de Niese, Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau : Hippolyte Et Aricie by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau : Hippolyte Et AricieLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCouperin: Salve Regina (Petits Motets)Les Arts Florissants, Paul Agnew & William Christie

Listen to Handel: Theodora by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: TheodoraLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Lully : Les Divertissements de Versailles - Great Operatic Scenes by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMLully : Les Divertissements de Versailles - Great Operatic ScenesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Mozart: Missa C Moll, KV. 427 by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMMozart: Missa C Moll, KV. 427William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Desmarets: Grands Motets Lorrains by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMDesmarets: Grands Motets LorrainsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to L'art du hautbois by Jacques Vandeville, William Christie & Régis Pasquier

ALBUML'art du hautboisJacques Vandeville, William Christie & Régis Pasquier

Listen to Charpentier: Divertissements, Airs & Concerts by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMCharpentier: Divertissements, Airs & ConcertsWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMMozart: Die Entführung aus dem SerailWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Monteclair : 4ème Concert pour hautbois, clavecin & basse de viole - Cantates by Judith Nelson, Jacques Vandeville, William Christie & Ariane Maurette

ALBUMMonteclair : 4ème Concert pour hautbois, clavecin & basse de viole - CantatesJudith Nelson, Jacques Vandeville, William Christie & Ariane Maurette

Listen to Monteverdi: Vespro Della Beata Vergine by Les Arts Florissants, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse & William Christie

ALBUMMonteverdi: Vespro Della Beata VergineLes Arts Florissants, Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse & William Christie

ALBUMMondonville: Pièces de clavecin, Op. 5Stanley Ritchie, William Christie & Judith Nelson

Listen to Mozart: Die Zauberflöte by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMozart: Die ZauberflöteLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMCharpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux EnfersWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Méhul: Stratonice by Corona Coloniensis & William Christie

ALBUMMéhul: StratoniceCorona Coloniensis & William Christie

Listen to Charpentier: Médée by Bernard Delétré, François Bazola, Isabelle Desrochers, Jean-Claude Sarragosse, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Katalin Károlyi, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Marie-Noëlle De Callataÿ, Mark Padmore, Monique Zanetti, Noémi Rime, Sophie Daneman, Valérie Picard & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: MédéeBernard Delétré, François Bazola, Isabelle Desrochers, Jean-Claude Sarragosse, Jean-Yves Ravoux, Katalin Károlyi, Les Arts Florissants, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Marie-Noëlle De Callataÿ, Mark Padmore, Monique Zanetti, Noémi Rime, Sophie Daneman, Valérie Picard & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Handel: Messiah by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMHandel: MessiahLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Les Grands Motets by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMRameau: Les Grands MotetsWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Listen to Campra: Idoménée (highlights) by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCampra: Idoménée (highlights)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMonteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e ClorindaLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Castor & Pollux (Choruses & Dances) by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Castor & Pollux (Choruses & Dances)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Castor & Pollux, RCT 32 by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Castor & Pollux, RCT 32Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Castor et Pollux by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Castor et PolluxLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Castor et Pollux (Choruses & Dances) by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Castor et Pollux (Choruses & Dances)Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMBouzignac: Te Deum, MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMDe Lalande: Petits MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMontéclair: JephtéLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCampra: IdoménéeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Pygmalion, Nélée & MyrthisLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44 by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Les Indes galantes, RCT 44Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRossi: OrfeoLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMDe Lalande: Grands MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Purcell Edition, Vol. 2: The Indian Queen, the Tempest, Dioclesian & Timon of Athens by Concentus Musicus Wien, Les Arts Florissants, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & William Christie

ALBUMPurcell Edition, Vol. 2: The Indian Queen, the Tempest, Dioclesian & Timon of AthensConcentus Musicus Wien, Les Arts Florissants, Nikolaus Harnoncourt & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Le Malade imaginaireLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMC.P.E. Bach: The Israelites in the DesertWilliam Christie

Listen to Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Israelites in the Desert by William Christie, Cappella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis, Barbara Schlick, Hein Meens, Lena Lootens & Stephen Varcoe

ALBUMCarl Philipp Emanuel Bach: The Israelites in the DesertWilliam Christie, Cappella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis, Barbara Schlick, Hein Meens, Lena Lootens & Stephen Varcoe

ALBUMCantatesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146, Litanies de la Vierge & Missa "Assumpta est Maria" by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Te Deum, H. 146, Litanies de la Vierge & Missa "Assumpta est Maria"Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMPurcell: The Fairy Queen, Z. 629Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMontéclair: La Mort de DidonLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: David et Jonathas H.490Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMFrançois Couperin: Apothéoses de Lully et de Corelli (Remastered 2024)Christophe Rousset & William Christie

Listen to Gesualdo: Madrigals by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMGesualdo: MadrigalsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Couperin: Pieces for Two Harpsichords by William Christie & Christophe Rousset

ALBUMCouperin: Pieces for Two HarpsichordsWilliam Christie & Christophe Rousset

ALBUMLully: Petits MotetsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Lully: Atys by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMLully: AtysLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCampra: Cantates françaisesLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Monteverdi: Selva morale e spirituale by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMonteverdi: Selva morale e spiritualeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Le Reniement de saint Pierre & Méditations pour le CarêmeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMPurcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626 (2024 Remastered Version)Les Arts Florissants, William Christie, Jill Feldman, Guillemette Laurens, Philippe Cantor, Dominique Visse, Agnès Mellon, Barbara Borden & Michel Laplenie

Listen to Campra : Motets by Jacqueline Nicolas, William Christie & Anne-Marie Lasla

ALBUMCampra : MotetsJacqueline Nicolas, William Christie & Anne-Marie Lasla

Listen to Charpentier: Médée by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: MédéeLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRossi: Oratorio per la Settimana SantaLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMLambert: Airs de courLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Charpentier: Un oratorio de Noël by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Un oratorio de NoëlLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Monteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate, SV 167 by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMonteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate, SV 167Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Anacreon by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: AnacreonLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Rameau: Anacréon, RCT 30 by Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRameau: Anacréon, RCT 30Les Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRossi: OratoriosLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Les arts florissantsLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMCharpentier: Pastorale de NoëlLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMMonteverdi: Lamento de là ninfa & altri cantiLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

ALBUMRoyer: Pièces de ClavecinWilliam Christie

ALBUMMoulinié: Le Cantique de MoÿseLes Arts Florissants & William Christie

Listen to Fischer: Harpsichord Pieces by William Christie

ALBUMFischer: Harpsichord PiecesWilliam Christie

Listen to Mondonville: Pièces de Clavecin, Op. 5 by Judith Nelson, Stanley Ritchie & William Christie

ALBUMMondonville: Pièces de Clavecin, Op. 5Judith Nelson, Stanley Ritchie & William Christie

Listen to Purcell: Music for a While by Alfred Deller, Jane Ryan, Robert Elliott, Roderick Skeaping, Wieland Kuijken & William Christie

ALBUMPurcell: Music for a WhileAlfred Deller, Jane Ryan, Robert Elliott, Roderick Skeaping, Wieland Kuijken & William Christie

Listen to Purcell: Music for a while (Remastered) by Alfred Deller, William Christie, Wieland Kuijken & Roderick Skeaping

ALBUMPurcell: Music for a while (Remastered)Alfred Deller, William Christie, Wieland Kuijken & Roderick Skeaping

Listen to Charpentier: Les Plaisirs de Versailles by William Christie & Les Arts Florissants

ALBUMCharpentier: Les Plaisirs de VersaillesWilliam Christie & Les Arts Florissants

About William Christie

Hometown

Buffalo, United States of America

Born

1944

Genre

Classical

If it took an Italian, Jean-Baptiste Lully, to help shape the evolution of the French musical Baroque, it has been an American in Paris who has spearheaded its more recent revival—a revival in part heralded by a 1986 staging of Lully’s Atys at the city’s Opéra-Comique. Born in Buffalo in 1944, harpsichordist and conductor William Christie was drawn to early music from a young age, although, newly arrived in France and a member of Ensemble Five Centuries, he also engaged with contemporary music such as Berio and Birtwistle. As period instrument ensembles sprang up in the 1970s, he brought together a group of singers and instrumentalists and Les Arts Florissants was born—the title taken from an opera by Charpentier, a composer they’ve championed ever since. Indeed, Delalande and Campra, to Couperin and Rameau, French music has exerted a compelling gravitational pull. Not exclusively though. Italian and English works have threaded through an extensive discography that also embraces the Classical era with Haydn and Mozart. As an international presence in the opera house and on the concert platform, Christie has also served as guest conductor to the Berlin Philharmonic. Since 2012, the nationally recognized gardens he created at his Vendée home have hosted an annual festival where established and emerging talent blooms.