Armida (Rossini)
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Armida is an opera (dramma per musica) in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, based on scenes from Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso.
[edit] Performance history
Armida was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on 11 November 1817.
The first modern staging took place at the Teatro Comunale Florence on 26 April 1952, during the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, with Maria Callas and Francesco Albanese in the leading roles and Tullio Serafin conducting. More recently, performances were given at the Rossini Opera Festival in 1993, with Renee Fleming and Gregory Kunde, conductor Daniele Gatti. Recordings of both of these productions are available.
[edit] Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, November 11, 1817 (Conductor: Nicola Festa) |
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| Armida, princess of Damascus, a sorceress | soprano | Isabella Colbran |
| Rinaldo, a paladin knight | tenor | Andrea Nozzari |
| Gernando, a paladin | tenor | Claudio Bonoldi |
| Ubaldo, a paladin | tenor | Claudio Bonoldi |
| Carlo, a paladin | tenor | Giuseppe Ciccimarra |
| Goffredo, (Godfrey of Bouillon), the leader of the paladins | tenor | Giuseppe Ciccimarra |
| Eustazio, his brother | tenor | Gaetano Chizzola |
| Idraote, king of Damascus and Armida’s uncle | bass | Michele Benedetti |
| Astarotte, leader of Armida’s spirits | bass | Michele Benedetti |
| Paladins, warriors, demons, spirits | ||
[edit] Sources
- Holden, Amanda; (editor), with Kenyon, Nicholas and Walsh, Stephen [1993]. The Viking Opera Guide. London: Viking, pp 903-4. ISBN 0-670-81292-7.
- Sadie, Stanley (ed) (1992). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Oxford: Oxford University Press, vol 1, p.199. ISBN 978-0-19-522186-2.
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