Rossini: Armida - ROF

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Rossini: Armida - ROF (2014)

Directed by Carlo Rizzi

Music · 2h 50m

Gioachino Rossini’s Armida (1817) is a spectacular but relatively rarely performed opera seria, based on Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata: the sorceress Armida seduces the crusader Rinaldo, creating a conflict between love and military/religious duty. The 2014 Rossini Opera Festival production in Pesaro was directed by Luca Ronconi, with Carlo Rizzi conducting. It featured Carmen Romeu as Armida and John Osborn as Rinaldo, with a notably demanding vocal cast. Ronconi’s staging emphasized the opera’s dreamlike, magical and theatrical dimension rather than treating it as straightforward medieval epic. It was particularly notable for showcasing Rossini’s extreme vocal virtuosity and elaborate ensembles, including the famous Act II finale and the spectacular series of transformations surrounding Armida’s magic.

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Cast

R
Randall Bills Goffredo e Ubaldo
A
Antonino Siragusa Rinaldo Carlo Lepore Idraote e Astarotte
C
Carmen Romeu Armida Dmitry Korchak Gernando e Carlo
V
Vassilis Kavayas Eustazio

Crew

Director
Carlo Rizzi
Writer
Gioachino Rossini

Details

Release date
2014-08-10
Runtime
2h 50m
Genres
Music
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian
Countries
Italy
Production
Rossini Opera Festival, Teatro Comunale di Bologna