Admin

Organization

Singer

Tenor

Enea Scala

Rinaldo

Robert McPherson

Gernando

Ubaldo

Dario Schmunck

Goffredo

Carlo

Bass

Leonard Bernad

Idraote

Astarotte

Conductor

Alberto Zedda

Ryuichiro Sonoda

Stage director

Mariame Clément

Costume designer

Julia Hansen

Set designer

Chorus master

Jan Schweiger

Soprano

Carmen Romeu

Armida

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen

Italian

Ghent

Belgium

Opera Gent (Operagebouw)

Antwerp

Armida Antwerp 2015 Carmen Romeu Scala McPherson Smith Bernad

Armida by G.Rossini, from Vlaamse Opera, 2015. Directed by Mariame Clément, conductor Alberto Zedda, starring Adam Smith,Leonard Bernad,Robert McPherson,Enea Scala,Carmen Romeu,Dario Schmunck. Performed in Italian and subtitled in English, German, French, Italian and Korean.

Stage director Mariame Clément takes a critical look at the Crusades with her 2015 production of Rossini’s rarely-performed Armida. Premiered on November 11, 1817 at Naples’s Teatro di San Carlo, the three-act opera tells the tale of a cunning sorceress who manipulates a group of knights defending Jerusalem to abandon their posts and cast aside their noble and heroic ideals. Carmen Romeu sings the title soprano role—one of the most demanding Rossini ever wrote!—while tenor Enea Scala sings the role of her lover Rinaldo. The Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Opera Vlaanderen enthusiastically perform Verdi’s sparkling score under the skilled direction of music director Alberto Zedda.

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