A recurring phrase in Rossini’s Armida, about a sorceress and her ill-fated love for a Christian soldier during the Crusades, A recurring phrase in Rossini’s Armida, about a sorceress and her ...

Last Saturday I returned from my early errands to find a mid-morning message on the phone from my uncle, who by happy coincidence also lives in Ithaca, New York a few miles from my house.: “Lump Lump, ...

It takes six tenors and one phenomenal soprano to perform Gioachino Rossini’s “Armida,” which helps explain why the Metropolitan Opera didn’t get around to mounting this glorious work for 193 years.

2 Video: First Look at Michael Mayer-Directed LA TRAVIATA at The Metropolitan Opera 3 Video: First Look at THE CRUCIBLE at Washington National Opera In April of 2010 the Metropolitan Opera mounted the ...

Soprano Renée Fleming triumphs as the vengeful sorceress in the title role of Gioachino Rossini's Armida, premiering in primetime on THIRTEEN on Thursday, August 19 at 8 pm. The Great Performances at ...

Mounting the company premiere of Rossini’s “Armida” at the Metropolitan Opera this season would almost seem to be an act of defiance. It’s an opera that calls for six tenors — when even one Met-worthy ...

"We are staging this highly challenging opera expressly for Renée Fleming, who has the extraordinarily rare artistic qualities - both vocally and dramatically - to meet the requirements of such a ...

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 ...

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo – Rinaldo ed il mago di Ascalona – Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain. In this week’s Opera Cheat Sheet, Houston Public Media’s St.John Flynn and Eric Skelly give their ...

THE MET: LIVE IN HD's Summer Encores series will broadcast Rossini's ARMIDA today, July 10 at 7 p.m. (find local theaters here). The production features Renée Fleming as the mystical sorceress in a ...