Name: Armida
Start: 2010-04-12T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-05-15T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Renée Fleming

Armida

Bass

Keith Miller

Astarotte

Tenor

Barry Banks

Carlo

Yeghishe Manucharyan

Eustazio

José Manuel Zapata

Gernando

Bruce Ford

Goffredo

Peter Volpe

Idraote

Lawrence Brownlee

Rinaldo

Kobie van Rensburg

Ubaldo

Conductor

Riccardo Frizza

Stage director

Mary Zimmerman

Costume designer

Richard Hudson

Set designer

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman’s fanciful production of Rossini’s drama, designed by Richard Hudson and with choreography by Graciela Daniele, provides the perfect setting for superstar Renée Fleming’s captivating performance of the title role. A beautiful but evil sorceress in the times of the Crusades, Armida sets out to regain the love of the Frankish knight Rinaldo (Lawrence Brownlee) by putting her magical spells on him. She at first succeeds to draw him into her web of sorcery, but ultimately divine intervention—and his fellow soldiers—free Rinaldo from his enchantment—much to the vengeful fury of Armida and her demons.

Armida With 2010 Fleming Brownlee Osborn van Rensburg

Armida Rossini

Approved

Production booklet

Further reading