Armida

Armida is an opera seria by Antonio Sacchini set to a libretto by Jacopo Durandi, originally based on the epic poem by Torquato Tasso. The opera was first performed at the Milanese Carnival of 1772. In Armida, Sacchini incorporated many elements of French opera, including frequent use of chorus, ballet, and theatrical spectacle on a grand scale. He return to the subject of the libretto twice more in his career: first for the 1780 London work Rina... more

Armida is an opera seria by Antonio Sacchini set to a libretto by Jacopo Durandi, originally based on the epic poem by Torquato Tasso. The opera was first performed at the Milanese Carnival of 1772. In Armida, Sacchini incorporated many elements of French opera, including frequent use of chorus, ballet, and theatrical spectacle on a grand scale. He return to the subject of the libretto twice more in his career: first for the 1780 London work Rinaldo, and then for his first French opera, Renaud, which was dedicated to Marie Antoinette. less