Rossini Armida

Stage director Mariame Clément takes a critical look at the Crusades with her 2015 production of Rossinis rarelyperformed Armida Premiered on November 11 1817 at Napless Teatro di San Carlo the threeact opera tells the tale of a cunning sorceress who manipulates a group of knights defending Jerusalem to abandon their posts and cast aside their noble and heroic ideals