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 ⓘ
opera ⓘ
basedOn Jerusalem Delivered ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Torquato Tasso ⓘ
catalogueNote one of Lully’s last operas ⓘ
century 17th century ⓘ
commissionedBy Louis XIV’s court ⓘ
linked to: Court of Louis XIV
composer Jean-Baptiste Lully ⓘ
contains airs ⓘ
ballets ⓘ
choruses ⓘ
recitatives ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticFocus psychological depth of the heroine ⓘ
firstPerformanceCompany Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
genre tragédie lyrique ⓘ
hasPrologue allegorical prologue praising Louis XIV ⓘ
historicalSignificance model for later Armida operas ⓘ
seminal work of French Baroque opera ⓘ
influenced Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Armide ⓘ
later French tragédie lyrique ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Philippe Quinault ⓘ
musicalStyle French Baroque ⓘ
notableCharacter Armide ⓘ
Hidraot ⓘ
La Haine (Hatred) ⓘ
linked to: La Haine

Renaud ⓘ
notableScene Armide’s monologue “Enfin, il est en ma puissance” ⓘ
linked to: Armide
orchestrationFeature richly expressive orchestral writing ⓘ
originalAudience French royal court ⓘ
originalInstitution Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ
performancePractice includes divertissements with dance ⓘ
uses French overture ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
premiereCity Paris ⓘ
premiereCountry France ⓘ
premiereDate 1686-02-15 ⓘ
premierePlace Académie Royale de Musique, Paris ⓘ
setting First Crusade ⓘ
structure prologue and five acts ⓘ
subject Armida ⓘ
Rinaldo ⓘ
linked to: Armide
theme love versus duty ⓘ
magic and enchantment ⓘ
psychological conflict ⓘ

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Armide → influencedBy → Lully’s Armide ⓘ
Armida → notableOperaAdaptation → Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully ⓘ
linked to: Lully’s Armide
Nicolas-François Guillard → notableWork → Armide (revision for Paris) ⓘ
linked to: Lully’s Armide