Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida

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Antonio Sacchini's opera *Armida* is an 18th-century Italian opera that dramatizes the sorceress Armida’s love and conflict with the crusader Rinaldo, based on Torquato Tasso’s epic poem *Gerusalemme liberata*.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
basedOn Gerusalemme liberata
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered
basedOnAuthor Torquato Tasso
characterType sorceress
composer Antonio Sacchini
conflictType duty versus passion
emotional conflict
religious conflict
countryOfOrigin Italy
dramaticFocus Armida’s love for Rinaldo
Rinaldo’s conflict between love and crusading duty
era Classical era
featuresCharacter Christian crusader
magician
genre opera seria
hasCharacter Armida
Rinaldo
hasCharacterRole heroic crusader knight
sorceress in love with a crusader
historicalContext Crusades
language Italian
literarySourceAuthor Torquato Tasso
literarySourceGenre epic poem
literarySourceLanguage Italian
literarySourceTitle Gerusalemme liberata
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered
mainTheme conflict between love and duty
love
magic
war
mythologyType Christian epic romance
narrativeDevice enchantment
magic
narrativeSourcePeriod 16th century Italian literature
period 18th century
protagonist Armida
Rinaldo
setting First Crusade
Holy Land
style Neapolitan opera tradition
subject Armida
Rinaldo
sungIn Italian
title Armida
workOf Antonio Sacchini

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Gerusalemme liberata hasAdaptation Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida
Armida notableOperaAdaptation Armida by Gioachino Rossini
linked to: Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida