Armida is an opera by Antonín Dvořák in four acts, set to a libretto by Jaroslav Vrchlický that was originally based on Torquato Tasso's epic Gerusalemme liberata. Dvorak's opera was first performed at Prague's National Theatre on 25 March 1904; the score was published as opus 115 in 1941.
In terms of genre, Armida represents the culmination of Dvorak's experimentation with a Wagnerian style of opera composition, though much of the music belongs ...
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Armida
Opera
Librettist
Jaroslav Vrchlický
Jaroslav Vrchlický (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjaroslav ˈvr̩xlɪtskiː]; 17 February 1853, Louny – 9 September 1912, Domažlice) was one of the greatest Czech lyrical poets. He was born Emil Frida, Vrchlický being a pseudonym.
He also wrote epic poetry, plays, prose and literary essays and translated...
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- 1903
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- Mar 25, 1904
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Composer
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (English pronunciation: /ˈdvɒrʒɑːk/ DVOR-zhahk or /ˈdvɒrʒæk/ DVOR-zhak; Czech: [ˈantoɲiːn ˈlɛopolt ˈdvor̝aːk] ( listen); September 8, 1841 – May 1, 1904) was a Czech composer of Romantic music, who employed the idioms and melodies of the folk music of Moravia and his native...