Rinaldo and Armida

Ballet: Work details

Choreographer: Frederick Ashton
Composer: Malcolm Arnold
Music title: Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49
Work definition: Dance-Drama in one scene
Based on: Scenario based on an episode in the book 'Ierusalemme liberata' by Torquato Tasso
Notes: The choreographer dedicates this ballet to the memory of Sophie Fedorovitch.
World premiere: 6 January 1955, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ROH premiere: 6 January 1955, Sadler's Wells Ballet
ROH company premiere: 6 January 1955, Sadler's Wells Ballet, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
Rinaldo and Armida (1955) Sadler's Wells Ballet (10 performances online)