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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Armida (Haydn) | 0 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | opera ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Gerusalemme liberata
NERFINISHED
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Torquato Tasso's epic poem ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Hob. XXVIII:12 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Armida
NERFINISHED
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Clotarco NERFINISHED ⓘ Hidraot NERFINISHED ⓘ Idreno NERFINISHED ⓘ Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zelmira NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Prince Nikolaus Esterházy I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Joseph Haydn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Habsburg Monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | Artaria (partial publication) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | through-composed opera ⓘ |
| genre | opera seria ⓘ |
| hasAria |
“Odio, furor, dispetto”
NERFINISHED
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“Parto, ma qual da te” NERFINISHED ⓘ “Se pietade avete, oh Numi” ⓘ |
| hasEnsemble | finale of Act III ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian opera seria tradition ⓘ |
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| librettist | Nunziato Porta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Armida
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereTheatre | Eszterháza court theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | First Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses ⓘ |
| style | late 18th-century Italian opera ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian crusaders in the Holy Land
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conflict between duty and passion ⓘ love between Armida and Rinaldo ⓘ |
| theme |
heroic warfare
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religious and moral duty ⓘ sorcery and enchantment ⓘ |
| title | Armida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workType | dramatic work for voices and orchestra ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Gerusalemme liberata