Armide

She asked him one day whether he had nearly brought his grand opera of "Armide" to a conclusion, and whether it pleased him.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

At the first performance of "Armide," at Versailles, some delay prevented the raising of the curtain at the appointed hour.

Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Walter Rowlands

He wrote to a friend: “I have put forth what little strength is left in me, into 'Armide'; I confess I should like to finish my career with it.”

The World's Great Men of Music Brower, Harriette 1922

The composer, however, felt he had done some of his best work in "Armide"; that the music was written in such style that it would not grow old, at least not for a long time.

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

He wrote to a friend: "I have put forth what little strength is left in me, into 'Armide'; I confess I should like to finish my career with it."

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

The growing success of "Armide" only added fuel to the flame of controversy which had been stirred up.

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

It is said the Gluck composed "Armide" in order to praise the beauty of Marie Antoinette, and she for her part showed the deepest interest in the success of the piece, and really "became quite a slave to it."

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

"Armide," which was produced at the Paris Grand Opera on September

The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898

To say that 'Armide' recalls the romantic grace of 'Paride ed Elena,' is but half the truth.

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

The novelties produced in the season were Gluck's "Armide," Puccini's

Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time Henry Edward Krehbiel 1888