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Armide

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Dutch National Opera and BalletAmstel 3, Amsterdam, North Holland, 1011 PN, Netherlands

Dates/times in Amsterdam time zone

Programme

Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787)

Performers

Dutch National Opera
Ivor Bolton	Conductor
Barrie Kosky	Director
Katrin Lea Tag	Set Designer
Nederlands Kamerorkest
Chorus of Dutch National Opera
Nicholas Jenkins	Choirmaster / chorus director
Ana Quintans	Soprano	Sidonie
Karina Gauvin	Soprano	Armide, Princess of Damascus
Karin Strobos	Mezzo-soprano	Phénice
Diana Montague	Mezzo-soprano	Hate
Sébastien Droy	Tenor	Artémidore
Frédéric Antoun	Tenor	Renaud
Andrew Foster-Williams	Bass	Hidraot
Henk Neven	Baritone	Ubalde

Barrie Kosky's visually stunning take on Gluck's Armide at De Nederlandse Opera

Nicolas Nguyen, 14th October

After Cavalli’s Ercole Amante in 2009 and Handel’s Deidamia in 2011, De Nederlandse Opera is continuing its exploration of obscure Baroque operas with Gluck’s Armide, until 27 October.I always wondered why Armide was Gluck’s own favourite work.

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