| Armida | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Joseph Haydn | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Joseph_Haydn.jpg) Portrait of the composer by Thomas Hardy, in 1791, when Haydn composed the work, his last opera | |
| Language | Italian |
| Based on | Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata |
| Premiere | 26 February 1784 Esterháza court theatre |
Armida (Hob. XXVIII/12) is a 1784 opera (dramma eroico) in three acts by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, set to an Italian-language libretto taken from Antonio Tozzi's 1775 opera Rinaldo, as amended by Nunziato Porta, and ultimately based on the story of Armida and Rinaldo in Torquato Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered).[1][2]
- ^ David Wyn Jones (2001). "Joseph Haydn. Armida," pp. 395–396, in The New Penguin Opera Guide, edited by Amanda Holden. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-140-29312-4.
- ^ Mary Hunter (1992). Armida (v). Dramma eroico in three acts by Joseph Haydn", vol. 1, pp. 198–199, in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, four volumes, edited by Stanley Sadie. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-48552-1.