Joseph Haydn's oratorio Armida

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Joseph Haydn's oratorio *Armida* is a late 18th-century dramatic work for voices and orchestra that retells the love and conflict between the sorceress Armida and the crusader Rinaldo from Torquato Tasso’s epic poem.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
basedOn Gerusalemme liberata
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered

Torquato Tasso's epic poem
catalogueNumber Hob. XXVIII:12
character Armida
Clotarco
Hidraot
Idreno
Rinaldo
Ubaldo
Zelmira
commissionedBy Prince Nikolaus Esterházy I
composer Joseph Haydn
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Monarchy
firstPublisher Artaria (partial publication)
linked to: Artaria
form through-composed opera
genre opera seria
hasAria “Odio, furor, dispetto”
“Parto, ma qual da te”
“Se pietade avete, oh Numi”
hasEnsemble finale of Act III
influencedBy Italian opera seria tradition
language Italian
librettist Nunziato Porta
mainCharacter Armida
Rinaldo
musicPeriod Classical era
notableFeature one of Haydn's most highly regarded operas
numberOfActs 3
orchestration voices and orchestra
originalVenueType court theatre
period Classical period
placeInOeuvre late stage work by Joseph Haydn
premiereDate 1784-02-26
premierePlace Eszterháza
linked to: Esterházy Palace
premiereTheatre Eszterháza court theatre
setting First Crusade
structure recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses
style late 18th-century Italian opera
subject Christian crusaders in the Holy Land
conflict between duty and passion
love between Armida and Rinaldo
theme heroic warfare
religious and moral duty
sorcery and enchantment
title Armida
workType dramatic work for voices and orchestra

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