![]() ![]() The two-hour show, which begins at 8 p.m., also has an unusual international pedigree: It’s the work of a Russian native living in New York, who fell in love with Italian opera but wrote his treatment for “The Armida Project” in English, then had one of his cast members, Emanuele Cesare, an Italian also living in New York, translate the script into Italian. “The Armida Project,” which takes place Saturday night at the Academy of Music in Northampton, is both a nod to traditional opera and a pastiche of it, merging classic Baroque arias with electronic music and a storyline that embraces humor, irony and other modern sensibilities. 2009, Pontificio Istituto di Musica Sacra, Rome (Italy).She’s been the central character in many an opera: a beautiful woman who falls in love with a man she’s been sent to kill, only to be left alone by story’s end with a broken heart.īut the production team behind “The Armida Project” has a different vision for this Baroque-era heroine. Program notes by Frédéric Delaméa and Rinaldo Alessandrini, synopsis, and biographical notes on the performers, in French, English, Italian, and German, and libretto with French and English translations (135 p.Libretto by Giovanni Palazzi, after Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata reconstruction of the 2nd act by Rinaldo Alessandrini and Frédéric Delaméa.Uniform Title Tesori del Piemonte (Paris, France) v. Request for On-site Use How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?ĭescription 3 sound discs (2 hr., 50 min.) : digital 4 3/4 in.
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