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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
basedOn Gerusalemme liberata ⓘ
linked to: Jerusalem Delivered

Torquato Tasso's epic poem ⓘ
catalogueNumber Hob. XXVIII:12 ⓘ
character Armida ⓘ
Clotarco ⓘ
Hidraot ⓘ
Idreno ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
Ubaldo ⓘ
Zelmira ⓘ
commissionedBy Prince Nikolaus Esterházy I ⓘ
composer Joseph Haydn ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
firstPublisher Artaria (partial publication) ⓘ
linked to: Artaria
form through-composed opera ⓘ
genre opera seria ⓘ
hasAria “Odio, furor, dispetto” ⓘ
“Parto, ma qual da te” ⓘ
“Se pietade avete, oh Numi” ⓘ
hasEnsemble finale of Act III ⓘ
influencedBy Italian opera seria tradition ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
librettist Nunziato Porta ⓘ
mainCharacter Armida ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Esterházy Palace
premiereTheatre Eszterháza court theatre ⓘ
setting First Crusade ⓘ
structure recitatives, arias, ensembles, and choruses ⓘ
style late 18th-century Italian opera ⓘ
subject Christian crusaders in the Holy Land ⓘ
conflict between duty and passion ⓘ
love between Armida and Rinaldo ⓘ
theme heroic warfare ⓘ
religious and moral duty ⓘ
sorcery and enchantment ⓘ
title Armida ⓘ
workType dramatic work for voices and orchestra ⓘ

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Gerusalemme liberata → hasAdaptation → Joseph Haydn's oratorio Armida ⓘ