- 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...
-
Tamerlano at the
Amsterdam Concertgebouw and
Barbican Hall in
November 2015;
Almirena in Handel's
Rinaldo on a
concert tour with Il Pomo d'Oro in
February 2016;...
- 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...
- (Turandot) with
Birgit Nilsson at
Seattle Opera and San
Antonio Opera;
Almirena in the
American premiere of Handel's
Rinaldo at the
Houston Grand Opera...
- as "La Isabella", she is best
remembered today for
creating the role of
Almirena in the
momentous premiere of
George Frideric Handel's
Rinaldo on 24 February...
