To prevent the capture of Jerusalem by the knights of the First Crusade, The Prince of Darkness has sent the enchantress Armida into the world to seduce the Christian heroes and turn them from their ...

Tyrese Byrd as Ubaldo, Botond Pál as Rinaldo, and Emily Helenbrook as the title character in Opera Neo’s “Armida.” (Photo courtesy Gary Payne Photography) What was it about the story of Armida and ...

Sorry, this video is not currently available. Directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Riccardo Frizza, the production showcases Fleming’s ...

This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison, based on the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso, has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, ...

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) composed the opera Armida in Naples and it was premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo on 11 May 1817, marking the inauguration of the newly built theatre after it had been ...

March is opera month at Teatru Manoel... the month that will see Gioachino Rossini's Armida staged at Malta's National Theatre which will be the first time that this opera is being performed in Malta.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...

Rossini's "Armida" (1817), the Metropolitan Opera's final new production of the season and a company premiere, was mounted for its star soprano, Renée Fleming. This season has been the first entirely ...

NEW YORK (AP) - It took 193 years for Rossini’s “Armida” to make it to the Metropolitan Opera but only nine months for its first revival. Soprano Renee Fleming and five of the six tenors who sang in ...

When it comes to opera, I am a late bloomer. My first opera was Tosca, in 2019, followed by Die Fledermaus, both at the Tel Aviv Opera House. My attendance at Armida e Rinaldo, staged last week at the ...