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Armida

BBC Radio 3
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Opera seria in three acts by HAYDN Libretto after TORQUATO TASSO, probably compiled by NUNZIATO PORTA (sung in Italian)
ORCHESTRA OF THE CAPPELLA COLONIENSIS conducted by FERDINAND LEITNER The action takes place in and around Damascus at the time of the First Crusade 1096-1100 AD
Act 1
2.55* during the interval Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER (piano) gramophone record
3.10* Armida
Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Haydn Libretto
Unknown:
Nunziato Porta
Conducted By:
Ferdinand Leitner
Piano:
Sviatoslav Richter
Source: Radio Times

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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