- Eustazio, his
daughter Almirena, and the
knight Rinaldo. As
Goffredo sings of the
coming victory,
Rinaldo declares his love for
Almirena, and
Goffredo confirms...
- main
characters were renamed:
Ottone became Rambaldo,
Costanza became Almirena, and
Roberto became Ernesto. The work was
received well at its premiere...
- me weep"), a
heartfelt plea for her
liberty addressed by the
character Almirena to her
abductor Argante.
Rinaldo was a triumph, and it is with this work...
- d'amore (Donizetti) Agrippina,
Agrippina (Handel) Alcina,
Alcina (Handel)
Almirena,
Rinaldo (Handel) Alzira,
Alzira (Verdi) Amenaide,
Tancredi (Rossini) Amina...
-
Lauris Elms (Ernesto),
Monica Sinclair (Gualtiero),
Margreta Elkins (
Almirena),
Spiro Malas (Rambaldo),
Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
London Philharmonic Orchestra...
-
roles with the
Metropolitan Opera included Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore,
Almirena in Rinaldo,
Amore in
Orfeo ed Euridice,
Annina in La traviata, Barbarina...
- Year Cast (Rinaldo,
Almirena, Armida, Goffredo, Argante) Conductor,
Opera House and/or
Orchestra Notes Label 1977
Carolyn Watkinson,
Ileana Cotrubaș, Jeanette...
-
Hamburg Handel Cleopatra Giulio Cesare Semele Semele Merab Saul Rinaldo,
Almirena Rinaldo Alcina Alcina Mozart Queen of the
Night Die
Zauberfloete Konstanze...
- Joan
Sutherland (Ernesto),
Monica Sinclair (Gualtiero),
Margreta Elkins (
Almirena),
Spiro Malas (Rambaldo),
Ambrosian Opera Chorus,
London Philharmonic Orchestra...
- in
Whitehall Palace. She had also sung
Aricie in
Hippolyte et Aricie,
Almirena in Rinaldo, Télaire in
Castor et Pollux, and
Belinda in Dido and Aeneas...
