Armida (U.S)
Joseph Haydn
Assistant Director & Cover Director | Dir. András Almási-Tóth| 2025
Park & Market Media and Arts Center | Hungarian State Opera in co-production with Opera Neo (San Diego, CA)
Park & Market Media and Arts Center | Hungarian State Opera in co-production with Opera Neo (San Diego, CA)
"... a vivid retelling [with] relatable characterization and humorous predicaments... [there was] much to enjoy and chuckle over"
"Opera NEO’s innovative staging responded to the challenges ...[where] limitations became assets"
"... [a] dazzlingly kinetic production ...[with] a powerful sense of immediacy and absorption into the drama"
"Opera NEO’s innovative staging responded to the challenges ...[where] limitations became assets"
"... [a] dazzlingly kinetic production ...[with] a powerful sense of immediacy and absorption into the drama"
Paul Bodine, Times of San Diego
Produced in collaboration with The Hungarian State Opera, Joseph Haydn’s rarely performed masterpiece is a unique take on a story from Torquato Tasso’s “Jerusalem Delivered” – an epic poem that served as source material for a whole slew of famous operas from Handel to Dvořak. Centered on the larger themes of Love and War, this piece delves into human psychology by exploring duty and glory in conflict with desire, passion, and commitment – all through the story of the magical love affair between a sorceress and a knight.
Photography by Gary Payne