Armida

About the show

The sorceress Armida disguises herself as a dispossessed ruler and persuades the Crusaders to help her, while conspiring with her uncle Idraote to weaken them. She and Rinaldo, the Crusaders’ chosen leader, fall in love. After Rinaldo kills the jealous knight Gernando in a duel, he escapes with Armida. She brings him to an enchanted pleasure palace, where he abandons thoughts of military duty. Two fellow knights, Ubaldo and Carlo, find Rinaldo and restore his resolve by showing him his reflection. Armida begs him to stay, but they take him away. She chooses revenge, destroys the palace and flies off.