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Armida Abbandonata dates in 1707, so it is among the first cantatas Handel wrote for Handel's patron Marchese Ruspoli. The libretto, author unknown, is based on Tasso's poem Gerusalemme liberata in which the crusading knight Rinaldo escapes from Armida's enchanted island. The cantata starts with a narrative recitative remarkably set to violin arpeggios with no basso continuo. This sets the scene of Rinaldo's flight and Armida's fruitless pursuit. The remainder of the work comprises, in Armida's own voice, her pleading laments, her anger and curses, their recantation, and her eventual despair.
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edited by Cedric Lee
