Almirena

E556390

Almirena is a central soprano role in George Frideric Handel’s opera "Rinaldo," portrayed as the virtuous and beloved daughter of the Christian leader Goffredo.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Almirena canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
opera role ⓘ
soprano role ⓘ
affiliation Christian forces ⓘ
appearsIn Rinaldo ⓘ
associatedWithTheme Christian virtue ⓘ
chastity ⓘ
steadfast love ⓘ
basedOn characters from Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata ⓘ
capturedBy Armida ⓘ
commissionedFor London opera season 1710–1711 ⓘ
creator George Frideric Handel ⓘ
describedAs beloved ⓘ
virtuous ⓘ
dramaticFunction damsel in distress ⓘ
heroine ⓘ
father Goffredo ⓘ
fictionalUniverse First Crusade ⓘ
firstPerformanceTheatre Queen’s Theatre, Haymarket ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
imprisonedBy Armida ⓘ
languageOfRole Italian ⓘ
librettistOfParentWork Giacomo Rossi ⓘ
loveInterestOf Rinaldo (character) ⓘ
linked to: Rinaldo
nationalityInStory Christian ⓘ
notableAriaFromRole Lascia ch’io pianga il crudo fato ⓘ
linked to: Lascia ch'io pianga
operaPremiereCity Rome ⓘ
operaPremiereYear 1711 ⓘ
operaTitleCharacter Rinaldo (character) ⓘ
linked to: Rinaldo
originalProductionCity London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
originalProductionCountry Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
parentWorkComposer George Frideric Handel ⓘ
relativeOf Goffredo ⓘ
rescuedBy Rinaldo (character) ⓘ
linked to: Rinaldo
roleCategory lyric soprano ⓘ
roleInOperaBy George Frideric Handel ⓘ
romanticPartner Rinaldo (character) ⓘ
linked to: Rinaldo
settingOfStory Jerusalem ⓘ
singsAria Lascia ch’io pianga ⓘ
linked to: Lascia ch'io pianga
voiceType soprano ⓘ
workGenre Baroque opera ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Rinaldo → character → Almirena ⓘ
Lascia ch'io pianga → character → Almirena ⓘ
Rinaldo → character → Almirena ⓘ