Lully’s Armide
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Lully’s *Armide* is a seminal 1686 French Baroque opera (tragédie en musique) renowned for its richly expressive music, psychological depth, and enduring influence on later operatic treatments of the Armida story.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Baroque opera
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opera ⓘ |
| basedOn | Jerusalem Delivered NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnAuthor | Torquato Tasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogueNote | one of Lully’s last operas ⓘ |
| century | 17th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Louis XIV’s court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Jean-Baptiste Lully NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
airs
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ballets ⓘ choruses ⓘ recitatives ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| dramaticFocus | psychological depth of the heroine ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceCompany | Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| hasPrologue | allegorical prologue praising Louis XIV ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
model for later Armida operas
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seminal work of French Baroque opera ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Armide
NERFINISHED
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later French tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| librettist | Philippe Quinault NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicalStyle | French Baroque ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Armide
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Hidraot NERFINISHED ⓘ La Haine (Hatred) NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableScene | Armide’s monologue “Enfin, il est en ma puissance” NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| orchestrationFeature | richly expressive orchestral writing ⓘ |
| originalAudience | French royal court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalInstitution | Académie Royale de Musique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performancePractice |
includes divertissements with dance
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uses French overture ⓘ |
| period | Baroque ⓘ |
| premiereCity | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereCountry | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1686-02-15 ⓘ |
| premierePlace | Académie Royale de Musique, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | First Crusade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | prologue and five acts ⓘ |
| subject |
Armida
NERFINISHED
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Rinaldo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
love versus duty
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magic and enchantment ⓘ psychological conflict ⓘ |
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