3rd Haydneum Eszterháza Festival / Haydn: Armida
Esterházy Palace Apollo Hall Joseph Haydn u. 2., Fertőd, HungaryJoseph HAYDN (1732–1809): Armida, Hob. XXVIII:12 (concert perfromance) Armida, a beautiful sorceress, seduces Christian knights during the First Crusade to change and destroy them. As an ethereal embodiment of the enthralling yet unholy powers of the heathen Saracens, she singles out the most virtuous and most prominent knight, Rinaldo, but her plans fall apart […]