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Armida is a beautiful enchantress in Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso was an Italy poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata , in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem ....
's Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered

Jerusalem Delivered is an epic poem by the Italian literature Torquato Tasso which tells a largely fictionalized version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to raise the siege of Jerusalem ....
, who bewitched Rinaldo, one of the Crusaders, by her charms, as Circe
Circe

In Greek mythology, Circe , is a Queen goddess living on the island of Aeaea.Circe's father was Helios , the god of the sun and the owner of the land where Odysseus' men ate cattle, and her mother was Hecate the goddess of magic and the moon ; she was sister of two kings of Colchis, Aeetes and Perses, and of Pasipha?, mother of the Mino...
 did Ulysses
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
, and who in turn, when the spell was broken, overpowered her by his love and persuaded her to become a Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
. The "Armida Palace" in which she enchanted Rinaldo has become a synonym for any merely visionary but enchanting palace of pleasure.

Armida as an opera
The Armida story was set by several composers, including Lully
Armide (Lully)

Armide is an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The libretto was written by Philippe Quinault, based on Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Handel
Rinaldo (opera)

Rinaldo is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, now a part of the standard operatic repertoire. The Italian libretto was written by Giacomo Rossi based on episodes of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Gluck
Armide (Gluck)

Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his fourth for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works. It was first performed in Paris at the Acad?mie Royale de Musique on September 23, 1777....
, Salieri
Armida (Salieri)

Armida is an opera by Antonio Salieri in three acts, set to a libretto by Marco Coltellini. The plot is based on the epic poem by Torquato Tasso, and Jean-Baptiste Lully, Traetta, and Handel had already composed operas based on the situations that Tasso originally developed....
, Jommelli
Armida abbandonata

Armida abbandonata is an opera in three acts by the Italy composer Niccol? Jommelli. The libretto, by Francesco Saverio De Rogatis, is based on the epic poem Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso....
, Josef Myslivecek
Josef Myslivecek

Josef Myslivecek was a Czechs composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music....
, Sacchini
Armida (Sacchini)

Armida is an opera seria by Antonio Sacchini set to a libretto by Jacopo Durandi, originally based on the Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso....
, Haydn
Armida (Haydn)

Armida, Hoboken-Verzeichnis 28/12, is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn, set to a libretto based upon Torquato Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Rossini
Armida (Rossini)

Armida is an opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian language libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, based on scenes from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso....
 and Dvorák
Armida (Dvorák)

Armida is an opera by Antonin Dvorak in four acts, set to a libretto by Jaroslav Vrchlick? that was originally based on Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata....
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Armida is a beautiful enchantress in Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso

Torquato Tasso was an Italy poet of the 16th century, best known for his poem La Gerusalemme liberata , in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the siege of Jerusalem ....
's Jerusalem Delivered
Jerusalem Delivered

Jerusalem Delivered is an epic poem by the Italian literature Torquato Tasso which tells a largely fictionalized version of the First Crusade in which Christian knights, led by Godfrey of Bouillon, battle Muslims in order to raise the siege of Jerusalem ....
, who bewitched Rinaldo, one of the Crusaders, by her charms, as Circe
Circe

In Greek mythology, Circe , is a Queen goddess living on the island of Aeaea.Circe's father was Helios , the god of the sun and the owner of the land where Odysseus' men ate cattle, and her mother was Hecate the goddess of magic and the moon ; she was sister of two kings of Colchis, Aeetes and Perses, and of Pasipha?, mother of the Mino...
 did Ulysses
Odysseus

Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
, and who in turn, when the spell was broken, overpowered her by his love and persuaded her to become a Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
. The "Armida Palace" in which she enchanted Rinaldo has become a synonym for any merely visionary but enchanting palace of pleasure.

Armida as an opera


The Armida story was set by several composers, including Lully
Armide (Lully)

Armide is an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The libretto was written by Philippe Quinault, based on Torquato Tasso's La Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Handel
Rinaldo (opera)

Rinaldo is an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, now a part of the standard operatic repertoire. The Italian libretto was written by Giacomo Rossi based on episodes of Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Gluck
Armide (Gluck)

Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his fourth for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works. It was first performed in Paris at the Acad?mie Royale de Musique on September 23, 1777....
, Salieri
Armida (Salieri)

Armida is an opera by Antonio Salieri in three acts, set to a libretto by Marco Coltellini. The plot is based on the epic poem by Torquato Tasso, and Jean-Baptiste Lully, Traetta, and Handel had already composed operas based on the situations that Tasso originally developed....
, Jommelli
Armida abbandonata

Armida abbandonata is an opera in three acts by the Italy composer Niccol? Jommelli. The libretto, by Francesco Saverio De Rogatis, is based on the epic poem Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso....
, Josef Myslivecek
Josef Myslivecek

Josef Myslivecek was a Czechs composer who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music....
, Sacchini
Armida (Sacchini)

Armida is an opera seria by Antonio Sacchini set to a libretto by Jacopo Durandi, originally based on the Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso....
, Haydn
Armida (Haydn)

Armida, Hoboken-Verzeichnis 28/12, is an opera in three acts by Joseph Haydn, set to a libretto based upon Torquato Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata ....
, Rossini
Armida (Rossini)

Armida is an opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini to an Italian language libretto by Giovanni Schmidt, based on scenes from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso....
 and Dvorák
Armida (Dvorák)

Armida is an opera by Antonin Dvorak in four acts, set to a libretto by Jaroslav Vrchlick? that was originally based on Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata....
. The setting by Dvorák was to be his last opera, beautifully orchestrated and reminiscent tonally to Rusalka
Rusalka

In Slavic mythology, a rusalka was a female ghost, water nymph, succubus or mermaid-like demon that dwelled in a waterway.According to most traditions, the rusalki were fish-women, who lived at the bottom of rivers....
 in places, though, with a decidedly eastern feel.

Ballet


On 6 January 1955 Frederick Ashton
Frederick Ashton

Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour,Order of the British Empire, was a leading international dancer and choreographer....
 premiered a one act ballet about Rinaldo and Armida with music by Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold, Order of the British Empire was an England composer and Symphony.Malcolm Arnold began his career playing trumpet professionally, by age thirty his life was devoted to composition....