Armide Jenny Drivala Renaud John Elwes Phenice Guillemette Laurens Sidonie Marie Duisit Hidraot Michel Verschaeve Arone Jean Francois Gardeil Artemidore Jan Honeyman Najade Guillemette Laurens Shephardess Marie Duisit Fury of Hatred Stephanie Friedman Ubalde Michel Verschaeve Danish Knight Antoine David Apparition of Lucinde Guillemette Laurens Apparition of Melisse Marie Duisit
Conductor Alan Curtis Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his fourth for the Parisian stage and the composer's own favourite among his works. It was first performed in Paris at the Académie Royale on September 23, 1777.
Gluck set the same libretto Philippe Quinault had written for Lully in 1686, based on Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered). Gluck seemed at ease in facing French traditions head-on when he composed Armide. Lully and Quinault were the very founders of serious opera in France and Armide was generally recognized as their masterpiece, so it was a bold move on Gluck's part to write new music to Quinault's words.
ARMIDE Je ne triomphe pas du plus vaillant de tous! Renaud, pour qui ma haine a tant de violence, L'indomptable Renaud échappe à mon courroux! Tout le camp ennemi pour moi devint sensible, Et lui seul, toujours invincible, Fit gloire de me voir d'un ceil indifférent. Il est dans l'âge aimable où sans effort on aime... Non, je ne puis manquer, sans un dépit extrême, La conquête d'un coeur si superbe et si grand!
ARMIDE Les enfers ont prédit cent fois Que contre ce guerrier nos armes seront vaines, Et qu'il vaincra nos plus grands rois: Ah! Qu'il me serait doux de l'accabler de chaînes, Et d'arrêter le cours de ses exploits! Que je le hais! Que son mépris m'outrage! Qu'il sera fier d'éviter l'esclavage Où je tiens tant d'autres héros! Incessamment son importune image Malgré moi trouble mon repos.
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It is the first time I listen this opera.
Vielen Dank für diese Schönheit...
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