Armide

 

Composer

Christoph Willibald Gluck

Librettists

Quinault after Tasso’s poem „Gerusalemme liberata

Venue and Dates

Teatro alla Scala, Milan

11, 14, 16, 20, 22, 26 May 1999

Conductor

Riccardo Muti

Director /Stage designs/Costumes

Pier Luigi Pizzi

Performers

Armide : Anna Caterina Antonacci

Renaud : Paul Groves

Hidraot : Massimiliano Gagliardo

Artémidore : Giuseppe Filianoti

Ubalde : Simon Keenlyside

Le Chevalier danois : Juan Diego Florez

Phénice / Mélisse : Norah Amsellem

Sidonie / Lucinde : Lotte Leitner

La Haine : Violeta Urmana

Chorus and Orchestra of the Theatre La Scala

Notes



Also toured with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre (March 12-23)