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Armide y Renaud se salvan de la destrucción de un palacio encantado: Armide en el Real

By Aaron Vincent, 18 March 2026
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“Armide domina la escena: pasional, herida de amor. Vocalmente en plena forma”
Reviewed at Teatro Real: Sala Principal, Madrid on 15 March 2026
Programme
Lully, Armide
Performers
Vincent Dumestre, Conductor
Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Armide
Victoire Bunel, Lucinde, Sidonie, La Gloire
Marie Perbost, Phénice, La Sagesse, Melisse
Cyril Auvity, Renaud
David Tricou, un Chevalier Danois
Timothée Varon, Artemidore, la Haine
Tomislav Lavoie, Hidraot, Chevalier Ubalde
Virginie Thomas, la Nymphe des eaux
Igor Bouin, Aronte
Le Poème Harmonique
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Aaron Vincent
Aaron Vincent

Aaron Vincent nació en Londres en 1970 y reside en Madrid. Formado como arquitecto en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, es profesor de inglés, corrector y traductor especializado en teatro y musicología. Su interés principal es el teatro lírico y siente especial predilección por la ópera barroca y la zarzuela, en todas sus etapas y formatos. Es habitual de las temporadas musicales de Madrid y París. Ha colaborado con Filomúsica y Mundoclásico.