Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida

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opera

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Torquato Tasso NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterType sorceress ⓘ
composer Antonio Sacchini NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacterRole heroic crusader knight ⓘ
sorceress in love with a crusader ⓘ
historicalContext Crusades NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
literarySourceAuthor Torquato Tasso NERFINISHED ⓘ
literarySourceGenre epic poem ⓘ
literarySourceLanguage Italian ⓘ
literarySourceTitle Gerusalemme liberata NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting First Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
style Neapolitan opera tradition ⓘ
subject Armida NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ
sungIn Italian ⓘ
title Armida NERFINISHED ⓘ
workOf Antonio Sacchini NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata → hasAdaptation → Antonio Sacchini's opera Armida ⓘ
subject surface form: Gerusalemme liberata