This mythical story of a sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison, based on the epic poem Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso, has inspired operatic settings by a multitude of composers, ...

Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868) composed the opera Armida in Naples and it was premiered at the Teatro di San Carlo on 11 May 1817, marking the inauguration of the newly built theatre after it had been ...

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 ...

March is opera month at Teatru Manoel... the month that will see Gioachino Rossini's Armida staged at Malta's National Theatre which will be the first time that this opera is being performed in Malta.