Armida & Amadis & Roland

Three Opera Librettos

Fiction & Literature, Drama, Continental European, Nonfiction, Entertainment, Music, Songbooks, Musical Scores
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Author: Philippe Quinault ISBN: 9781434446732
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC Publication: April 8, 2013
Imprint: Wildside Press Language: English
Author: Philippe Quinault
ISBN: 9781434446732
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Publication: April 8, 2013
Imprint: Wildside Press
Language: English
In these three librettos, Philippe Quinault turns from classical opera to medieval legends--Renaud and Armida, Amadis and Oriana, and Angelica and Roland--exploring the tensions between love and glory. As usual, the dramatist relates his stories deftly with classic simplicity. In these adaptions of traditional medieval stories of romance, enchantment, monsters, and magic, either the heroine (Armida or Angelica) loves the hero she should hate, or the hero falls for an enemy enchantress, and has to be rescued from her clutches. The love "cure" is usually effected by means of magic or through the intervention of a fairy. Great entertainment from early French literature!
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In these three librettos, Philippe Quinault turns from classical opera to medieval legends--Renaud and Armida, Amadis and Oriana, and Angelica and Roland--exploring the tensions between love and glory. As usual, the dramatist relates his stories deftly with classic simplicity. In these adaptions of traditional medieval stories of romance, enchantment, monsters, and magic, either the heroine (Armida or Angelica) loves the hero she should hate, or the hero falls for an enemy enchantress, and has to be rescued from her clutches. The love "cure" is usually effected by means of magic or through the intervention of a fairy. Great entertainment from early French literature!

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