Rossini: Armida
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.DYN-37763

By Adam Smith, Alberto Zedda, Antwerpen /Gent, Bernd Purkrabek, Carmen Romeu, Dario Schmunck, Enea Scala, Julia Hansen, Leonard Bernad, and Robert McPherson. By Gioachino Rossini. Country of Origin: Austria. Classical. DVD (2 discs). Duration 164 minutes. Published by Dynamic (NX.DYN-37763).

Language: Italian; Subtitles: Italian; English; French; German; Japanese; Korean.

Opera Vlaanderen of Antwerp continues its Rossini Cycle under the musical direction of conductor Alberto Zedda (87), with the rarely performed opera Armida. Armida is clearly a tenor opera par excellence, as we have four tenors here among the main roles. Enea Scala , Robert McPherson, Dario Schmunck and the young Adam Smith. Director Mariame Clement and her usual set designer Julia Hansen will also return to Opera Vlaanderen after the successfull Giasone by Cavalli released by Dynamic. They are now taking a critical look at the world of the Crusaders. Clement sees Armida as the incarnation of the concept of 'love', which in itself is magic and for which noble and heroic knightly ideals are cast aside. However, it is a love that turns into a destructive frenzy.