Armida
Antonín Dvořák
Armida
After the success of the fairy-tale opera Rusalka, Antonín Dvořák was looking for another opera libretto that he could compose music for.
The libretto titled Armida by Jaroslav Vrchlický was chosen, which works with a plot from the medieval crusades based on Jerusalem Delivered, a 1580 epos by the renaissance poet Torquato Tasso, which had been set to music many times (Lully, Gluck, Haydn, Rossini). The moving romance between the sorceress Armida and crusader Rinaldo captured Dvořák’s attention just as the exotic setting that had allowed him to bring up striking oriental tones, unheard before. This unjustly neglected Dvořák’s opera masterpiece is returning to Pilsen after long eighty years.
Creators
- Musical arrangement:
- Norbert Baxa
- Conductors:
- Norbert Baxa / Jakub Zicha
- Directed by:
- Martin Otava
- Direction cooperation:
- Monika Hliněnská
- Stage Design and Costumes:
- Hartmut Schörghofer
- Fight choreography:
- Karel Basák
- Movement cooperation:
- Jiří Pokorný
- Light Design:
- Jakub Sloup
- Script Editor:
- Zbyněk Brabec
- Choirmaster:
- Jakub Zicha
- Musical preparation:
- Maxim Averkiev, Martin Marek
- Assistant director:
- Michal Lieberzeit
- Prompter:
- Viktorie Šimůnková
- Stage manager:
- Petra Kuldová Tolašová
Prersons and actors
- Hydraot, král Damašku:
- Jozef Benci / Jevhen Šokalo
- Armida, jeho dcera:
- Libuše Santorisová / Ivana Veberová
- Ismen, vládce Sýrie:
- Andrii Kharlamov
- Rinald, rytíř:
- Aleš Briscein / Jakub Pustina
- Bohumír, vůdce křižácké výpravy:
- Jiří Brückler / Jakub Hliněnský
- Petr, poustevník:
- Jan Hnyk
- Sven, rytíř:
- Tomáš Kořínek / Josef Moravec
- Gernand, rytíř:
- Miro Bartoš / Dalibor Tolaš
- Dudo, rytíř:
- Viktor Bezkorovainyi / Tomáš Kořínek
- Ubald, rytíř:
- Josef Kovačič / Michal Marhold
- Roger, rytíř:
- Viktor Bezkorovainyi / Josef Jordán
- Hlasatel / Muezín:
- Daniel Kfelíř / Jan Kukal
- Siréna:
- Becca Conviser / Radka Sehnoutková
- Sbor opery DJKT, Orchestr opery DJKT, Balet DJKT
Photos from the production
Photo author: Martina Root
The production is co-produced with Wexford Festival Opera
- The length of the production is given including 1 intermission.
