Armide (Lully) at Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci

Armide

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Performances in Potsdam Sanssouci 18, 19, 21 & 22 June   Tickets: http://www.musikfestspiele-potsdam.de/en/programme-tickets/programme/event/premiere-armide.html More about the production: http://www.baroquedancers.se/en/?project=armide

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
A co-production by Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik and Musikfestspiele Potsdam Sanssouci, in collaboration with Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles  

Team

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
Dance rehearsal director Karin Modigh

Nordic Baroque Dancers

Noah Hellwig
Guillaume Jablonka
Robert Le Nuz
Andrea Miltnerová
Karin Modigh
Adrian Navarro    

Singers

Armide Emilie Renard (soprano)
Renaud Rupert Charlesworth (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 Enguerrand de Hys (tenor)