Armide
In August 2015, the Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik will stage Lully’s opera Armide, a co-production with Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, in collaboration with Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Nordic Baroque Dancers and orchestra Les Folies Françoises.Armide bild 2
Tragédie en musique in 3 acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687)
Libretto by Philippe Quinault (based on Torquato Tasso’s La Gerusalemme liberata)
First performed in 1686 in Paris
Musical direction Patrick Cohën-Akenine
Stage direction and choreography Deda Cristina Colonna
Scenography and light design Francesco Vitali
Orchestra Les Folies Françoises
Dance company Nordic Baroque Dancers
Armide bildDance rehearsal director Karin Modigh
Singers:
Armide Elodie Hache (soprano)
Renaud Joao Pedro Cabral (tenor)
Phénice Daniela Skorka (soprano)
Sidonie Miriam Albano (soprano)
Hidraot Pietro di Bianco (bass baritone)
Aronte/Ubalde Tomislav Lavoie (bass)
Artémidor Jeffrey Francis (tenor)
Le chevalier danois Enquerrand de Hys (tenor)
Nordic Baroque Dancers:
Caroline Copeland (US)
Noah Hellwig (SE)
Guillaume Jablonka (FR)
Robert Le Nuz (FR)
Karin Modigh (FR/SE)
Adrian Navarro (DE)
Performances at Innenhof der Theologischen Fakultät, Innsbruck, Austria
22, 24, 26 August 2015
