THE CAST

Lauren Snouffer, Armida

Fran Daniel Laucerica, Ronaldo

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Pre-performance talk
5:00 PM
Included in price of performance ticket
Takes place inside Lisner Auditorium
To be given by WCO co-founder Peter Russell

Opera Gems
FREE online lecture by Peter Russell
More information will be available closer to the performance date.

Approximate run time
2 hours 50 minutes (approx.), including one 20-minute intermission.

THE OPERA

Armida
Joseph Haydn

Haydn’s Armida brings to life the enchanting and dangerous world of Torquato Tasso’s epic Jerusalem Delivered. The powerful sorceress Armida seduces the Christian knight Rinaldo, drawing him into a realm of passion, magic, and inner conflict as he abandons his sacred duty for love. Blending dazzling orchestral color with expressive arias and dramatic intensity, Haydn’s rarely performed masterpiece explores the struggle between love and honor in a story of enchantment, betrayal, and redemption.