Armida (Sacchini)
Armida is an opera seria in three acts with music by Antonio Sacchini set to a libretto by Jacopo Durandi (a.k.a. Giacomo Duranti), based on the epic poem Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso. The opera was first performed during the 1772 Carnival season at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan.
| Armida | |
|---|---|
| Opera seria by Antonio Sacchini | |
 Antonio Sacchini, engraved portrait | |
| Librettist | Jacopo Durandi |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata |
| Premiere | |
In Armida, Sacchini incorporated many elements of French opera, including frequent use of chorus, ballet, and theatrical spectacle on a grand scale. Sacchini later wrote two more operas loosely based on the same story from Tasso: the 1780 London work Rinaldo, and his first French opera, Renaud, which was dedicated to Marie Antoinette.
Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast[1] 11 February 1772 |
|---|---|---|
| Armida | soprano | Antonia Girelli Aguilar |
| Rinaldo | soprano castrato | Vito Giuseppe Millico |
| Ubaldo | bass | Giovanni Battista Zonca |
| Idreno | alto castrato | Giuseppe Cicognani |
| Clotarco | contralto | Rosa Polidora |
References
- source: excerpt from the original libretto, in italianopera.org
- Libby, Dennis (2001). "Armida (iii)". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
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 Category:Operas by Antonio Sacchini | |
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