Corbiau repeats the Farinelli formula, artistic rivalry and social private drama expressed in dazzling, baroque scenery, music and costume, but this time in its ultimate setting: Versailles. Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer, and starts asserting himself against the entourage of his Medici mother, the regent during his minority, by building his palace complex and launching a 'fitting' new, mainly musical display of baroque show.
