Armide

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Armide is a French opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, renowned for its reformist approach to opera and its dramatic adaptation of Torquato Tasso’s epic poem "Jerusalem Delivered."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
tragédie lyrique ⓘ
actCount 5 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Armide (Gluck) ⓘ
linked to: Armide
basedOn Jerusalem Delivered ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Torquato Tasso ⓘ
catalogueNumber Wq 45 ⓘ
character Armide ⓘ
Chevalier danois ⓘ
linked to: Tordenskjold

Hidraot ⓘ
La Haine ⓘ
Phénice ⓘ
Renaud ⓘ
Sidonie ⓘ
Ubalde ⓘ
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
genre opera ⓘ
tragédie lyrique ⓘ
influencedBy French tragédie lyrique tradition ⓘ
Lully’s Armide ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Philippe Quinault ⓘ
movement Gluckian opera reform ⓘ
notableAria Enfin, il est en ma puissance ⓘ
notableScene La Haine scene in Act III ⓘ
orchestrationFeatures integrated ballet and dance ⓘ
prominent use of chorus ⓘ
originalCompany Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
period Classical era ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereDate 1777-09-23 ⓘ
premierePlace Paris ⓘ
premiereTheatre Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
reception considered a key work of Gluck’s reform operas ⓘ
highly regarded for dramatic coherence ⓘ
setting First Crusade ⓘ
Near East ⓘ
linked to: Middle East
sharesTitleWith Armide (Lully) ⓘ
linked to: Armide
structure five acts ⓘ
style reform opera ⓘ
subject conflict between duty and passion ⓘ
love ⓘ
magic ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armide → alsoKnownAs → Armide (Gluck) ⓘ
linked to: Armide
Christoph Willibald Gluck → notableWork → Armide ⓘ
subject linked to: Christoph
Christian knight (Renaud) → appearsIn → Armide (Gluck) ⓘ
linked to: Armide
Phénice → basedOnWork → Armide by Torquato Tasso (character context from the source epic is adapted, though Phénice herself is specific to the opera) ⓘ
linked to: Armide