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Armida / Gioachino Rossini.

Met Opera on Demand Available online

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Format:
Video
Author/Creator:
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer, composer.
Contributor:
Fleming, Renée, performer, performer.
Brownlee, Lawrence, performer, performer.
Banks, Barry, performer, performer.
Osborn, John (Tenor), performer, performer.
Van Rensburg, Kobie, performer, performer.
Frizza, Riccardo, 1971- conductor, conductor.
Zimmerman, Mary, director, director.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), performer, performer.
Language:
English
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Operas.
Genre:
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 51 min., 44 sec.)) : sound, colo
Other Title:
Met Opera on Demand.
Place of Publication:
[New York, New York] : [Metropolitan Opera], [2010]
Language Note:
Sung in Italian; English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish subtitles.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
digital
video file streaming video file
Summary:
It is a rare opera indeed that calls for one soprano diva and no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman's fanciful production of Rossini's drama, designed by Richard Hudson and with choreography by Graciela Daniele, provides the perfect setting for superstar Renée Fleming's captivating performance of the title role. A beautiful but evil sorceress in the times of the Crusades, Armida sets out to regain the love of the Frankish knight Rinaldo (Lawrence Brownlee) by putting her magical spells on him. She at first succeeds to draw him into her web of sorcery, but ultimately divine intervention--and his fellow soldiers--free Rinaldo from his enchantment--much to the vengeful fury of Armida and her demons.
Contents:
Introduction by Deborah Voigt
Sinfonia and opening credits
Lieto, ridente oltre l'usato
Ah! no: sia questo
Arditi, all'ire
Si, guerrieri
Germano, a te richiede
Signor, tanto il tuo nome
Sventurata! or che mi resta
Or che farò?
German, se togli al campo
Per me propizio il fato
Cedei, guerrieri, è ver
Opportuna è la scelta
Non soffrirò l'offesa
E questi son gli allori
Viva Rinaldo!
Sorte ci arride
Principessa, sei tu!
Amor, possente nome!
Vacilla a quegli accenti
Ah! non poss'io resistere
Ecco il guerriero, il duce
Se pari agli accenti"
Che terribile momento!
Deh! se cara a te son io
Vieni, o duce, punisci l'errore
Amica la sorte, Un astro di sangue
Deborah Voigt interview with Renée Fleming
Introduction to Act II
Alla voce d'Armida possente
Sovr'umano poterre
Di ferro e fiamme cint
Ebben, l'istante è giunto
Dove son io!
Mio ben, questa che premi
No: d'Amor la reggia è questa
Canzoni amorose
D'Amore al dolce impero
Ballo. Marziale
Andante
Allegro moderato
Vivace - Tutto spira d'Armida all'aspetto
Come l'aurette placide
Oh quanto, amico
T'inganni ; Qui tutto è calma
Fuggite, inferni mostri
Soavi catene
O mio Rinaldo
Amico, inoltra il piè
In quale aspetto imbelle
Vedi qual reo governo
Dov'è, dove si cela?
Sia lode al ciel
Ed è pur vero?
Se al mio crudel
Dove son io?
Fuggì!
E' ver
gode quest anima
Bows and closing credits.
Participant:
Renée Fleming ; Lawrence Brownlee ; Barry Banks ; John Osborn ; Kobie van Rensburg ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Riccardo Frizza, conductor.
Credits:
Director, Mary Zimmerman.
Notes:
Recorded live in 2010 at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, New York.
Description based on vendor-supplied metadata.
OCLC:
859396272
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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