Armida abbandonata
Music by Niccolò Jommelli · libretto by Francesco Saverio de' Rogati · premiered 1770
Armida Abbandonata (Armida Abandoned) is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Niccolò Jommelli. The libretto, by Francesco Saverio De Rogatis, is based on the epic poem Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso. The opera was first performed at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, on 30 May 1770. The young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was in the audience. He described the work as "beautiful but too serious and old-fashioned for the theatre". Nevertheless, despite a lukewarm reception at its premiere, Armida abbandonata was widely performed throughout Italy in the following years.
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About the Composer
Niccolò Jommelli is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Niccolò Jommelli
- Cajo Mario (1746)
- Didone abbandonata (1746)
- Il Vologeso (1766)
- Ifigenia in Tauride (1771)