Armida abbandonata
Tancredi is captured by sorceress Armida while trying to free Rinaldo from her enchanted realm. Armida loves Rinaldo, who repeatedly resolves to leave her but is drawn back by her charms. With help from Tancredi and the magic bough, Rinaldo and his companions escape. He later agrees to break the spell over the Crusaders’ forest. Armida appears beside the magic myrtle and warns that striking it will strike her, but Rinaldo fells the tree and ends the enchantment. Armida escapes in a dragon-drawn chariot, swearing revenge.