Tyrese Byrd as Ubaldo, Botond Pál as Rinaldo, and Emily Helenbrook as the title character in Opera Neo’s “Armida.” (Photo courtesy Gary Payne Photography) What was it about the story of Armida and ...

This opera was different from the other two. To begin with, it was produced by the Jerusalem Opera, established in 2011 to fill an opera vacuum in Jerusalem and promote Israeli artists, particularly ...

Dvořák's last opera has been neglected for reasons that are at once hard to fathom and easily understandable. Set in Damascus as news of an approaching Frankish army puts the royal court on alert, but ...

To prevent the capture of Jerusalem by the knights of the First Crusade, The Prince of Darkness has sent the enchantress Armida into the world to seduce the Christian heroes and turn them from their ...

Sorry, this video is not currently available. Directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman and conducted by Riccardo Frizza, the production showcases Fleming’s ...

In recent years, the country-house brief of exploring neglected repertoire has been diverted from Glyndebourne to Garsington and Grange Park. Was Garsington upstaged by the Met's live screening of its ...

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What was it about the story of Armida and Rinaldo — drawn from Torquato Tasso’s 1581 poetic paean to the first Crusade, Jerusalem Delivered — that convinced 18 composers, including Vivaldi, Handel, ...