Armida
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 12, 2010
Closed May 15, 2010
Opened Apr 12, 2010
Closed May 15, 2010
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Running Time:
3hr. 53min.
(includes 2 intermission)
3hr. 53min.
(includes 2 intermission)
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Renée Fleming stars as Rossini's sorceress, opposite no fewer than six tenors. Mary Zimmerman returns to direct, bringing her fine-tuned theatricality to a work she describes as "a buried treasure, a box of jewels." The fanciful story of the sorceress who enthralls men in her island prison of sensual delights, Zimmerman says, "has an epic, enchanted quality and a tremendous visual element."
Sung in Italian with Met Titles in English, German, and Spanish.
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Throughout Armida, the 1817 Gioachino Rossini-Giovanni Schmidt work being presented at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time, there's no end of coloratura singing for star Renee Fleming. But director Mary Zimmerman -- who was roundly booed after last year's production of La Sonnambula -- hasn't met with complete success in bringing this work to the stage.
This silly tale of a temptress who is trying to thwart an 11th-century Crusade is definitely a showcase for Fleming. To audience members hearing her for the first time in the role, she probably sounds mighty impressive. She has the multitudinous glides and slides down masterfully -- and handily fulfills the acting requirements for a p[...]