Armide is the French and English form of the name
Armida
Armida is the fictional character of a Saracen sorceress, created by the Italian late Renaissance poet Torquato Tasso. Description
In Tasso's epic ''Jerusalem Delivered'' ( it, Gerusalemme liberata, link=no), Rinaldo is a fierce and determ ...
, a sorceress in Tasso's ''
Gerusalemme liberata
''Jerusalem Delivered'', also known as ''The Liberation of Jerusalem'' ( it, La Gerusalemme liberata ; ), is an epic poem by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso, first published in 1581, that tells a largely mythified version of the First Crusade i ...
'', after whom are also named:
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''Armide'' (Lully), an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully
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''Armide'' (Gluck), an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Le Pavillon d'Armide'', ballet by Fokine
*, a submarine constructed during World War I
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''Armide'' (ship), a French frigate
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Armide-class frigate
See also
Armida#In_opera
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