Armide facts for kids
Armide is an opera. The music was written by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The words were written by Philippe Quinault. The story of the opera is based on Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. It was first performed February 15, 1686 by the Paris Opéra at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal. It was revived several times in the 18th century. The story is about an enchantress named Armide and her love for a knight named Renaud.
Images for kids
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Lully's Armide at the Palais-Royal Opera House in 1761, watercolor by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin
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Title page of the score's first edition, Paris 1686
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One of Jean Bérain's designs for the first staging of Armide, 1686
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Scene from act II, engraving from a score, 1700
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Engraving of the composer, from the score's frontispiece
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Rinaldo and Armida by Nicolas Poussin, 1629
See also
In Spanish: Armide para niños
