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Armida
is a beautiful enchantress in Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered
, who bewitched Rinaldo, one of the Crusaders, by her charms, as Circe did Ulysses, and who in turn, when the spell was broken, overpowered her by his love and persuaded her to become a Christian. The "Armida Palace" in which she enchanted Rinaldo has become a synonym for any merely visionary but enchanting palace of pleasure.
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Armida as an opera
The Armida story was set by several composers, including Lully, Handel, Gluck, Salieri, Jommelli, Josef Myslivecek, Sacchini, Haydn, Rossini and Dvorák. The setting by Dvorák was to be his last opera, beautifully orchestrated and reminiscent tonally to Rusalka
in places, though, with a decidedly eastern feel.
Ballet
- Armida
. Choreography by Jules Perrot. Music by Cesare Pugni. First performed by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre, St. Petersburg on 20 November [O.S. 8 November] 1855.
- Le Pavillon d’Armide
. Choreography by Mikhail Fokine. Music by Nikolai Tcherepnin. First performed by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg on 25 November [O.S. 12 November] 1907. Second premiere given by the Ballet Russe at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on 19 May, 1909.
- Rinaldo and Armida
. Choreography by Frederick Ashton. Music by Malcolm Arnold. First performed by the Sadler's Wells Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 6 January, 1955.
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