La Jérusalem délivrée

La Jérusalem délivrée is a 1712 French opera in a prologue and five acts by Duke Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the future Regent of France. The libretto by Hilaire-Bernard Requeleyne was based on Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme liberata. The opera was performed in the Galerie des cerfs of the Château de Fontainebleau, by the musique du roi. Philippe d’Orléans had already staged one opera with his music teacher Gervais in 1705, Penthée. Both the operas share atypical style and orchestration.

Roles

 * Herminie
 * Armide
 * L’Occasion, La Voix de Clorinde, un Démon
 * Renaud
 * Adraste, Alcaste, un Vieux Berger
 * un Guerrier
 * Tancrède
 * Le Sage Vieillard, Ismen, Tissapherne

Revival performance and recording
Cappella Mediterranea dir Leonardo García Alarcón