Armide

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Libretto: Philippe Quinault after Gerusalemme liberata by Torquato Tasso

First performance: Paris Opera, September 23, 1777

First performance at the Israeli Opera:  November 24, 2006

Conductor		Sebastian Rouland
		Tamir Chasson
Directors, Designers and Choreographers		Inbal Pinto Avshalom Pollak
Lighting Designer		Yoann Tivoli

Soloists
Armide		Sophie Marin Degor
		Mirela Gradinaru
Renaud		Andreas Scheidegger
		Mirko Guadagnini
Hidraot		Noah Briger
Ubalde		Christian Immler
Danish Knight		Felix Livshitz
Phenice		Ira Bertman
Sidonie		Anastasia Klevan
Le Haine		Ann Mcmahon Quintero
		Alexandra Chebat
Melisse		Dana Marbach
Lucinde		Hila Baggio
Shepherdess		Claire Meghnagi
Plaisir		Shira Raz
Artemidor		Yotam Cohen
Aronte		Vladimir Braun
Najade		Shirly Hod
Koriphaen		Maya Kasir
		Yael Levita

The Israeli Opera Chorus

Conductor Leonti Wolf

The Opera Orchestra - The Israel Symphony Orchestra Rishon LeZion

Surtitles: Israel Ouval

Sung in French

Surtitles in English and Hebrew

One of the most important baroque operas reaches the Israeli Opera for the first time. Gluck's mythological tale about the impossible love between Armide the enchantress, princess of Damascus, and the crusader hero Renaud is the basis of this tale of bursting emotions.

Synopsis

Production Album

Photos: Yossi Zwecker

Dates

Fri 24.11 (13:00), Sat 25.11 (20:00), Sun 26.11 (20:00), Mon 27.11 (20:00),

Wed 29.11 (20:00), Thurs 30.11 (20:00), Fri 1.12 (13:00), Sat 2.12 (20:00),

Towards opening: Sat 18.11 (11:00)

Before the show backstage tours: Mon 27.11 (19:00), Wed 29.11 (19:00), Thurs 30.11 (19:00)

Reviews

" Shadows of flying Dragons... pirouetting flowers.. evoking Chagal's magic world... Accolades to the original voice of Pollak and Pinto who drew the audience into their own unique treasure chest..." (Wiesbadner Kurrier, 2005)