Armida
Armida is an operatic subject that was particularly popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
The story of the sorceress Armida, based on the 1575 epic La Gerusalemme liberata (Eng: The Liberated Jerusalem ) by Torquato Tasso, who uses her magical powers to hold the crusader Rinaldo imprisoned on her island, stimulated the imagination of composers in numerous versions, including :
- Jean-Baptiste Lully : Armide , 1686
- Georg Friedrich Handel : Rinaldo , 1710/11
- Carl Heinrich Graun : Armida , 1751
- Niccolò Jommelli : Armida abbandonata , 1770
- Antonio Salieri : Armida , 1771
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann : Armida , 1773
- Christoph Willibald Gluck : Armide , 1777
- Domenico Cimarosa : L'Armida immaginaria , 1777
- Joseph Haydn : Armida , 1783
- Vincenzo Righini : La Gerusalemme liberata ossia Armida al campo de Franchi and La Selva incantata , 1803
- Gioachino Rossini : Armida , 1817
- Antonín Dvořák : Armida , 1902/03
Opera as namesake
An asteroid discovered on August 24, 1903, (514) Armida , was named after the title character of Gluck's opera.
The Armida Quartet , founded in 2006 , is named after Haydn's opera.
literature
- Peter von Matt : The intrigue. Theory and Practice of Deceit . Dtv, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-423-34485-2 , p. 240ff.
Web links
Commons : Armida - collection of images, videos and audio files
