Roles
| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 15 February 1686 (conductor: Pascal Collasse) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Allegorical Prologue | |||
| La Gloire | soprano | ||
| La Sagesse | soprano | ||
| Main Plot | |||
| Armide, magician, niece of Hidraot | soprano | Marie Le Rochois | |
| Renaud, a knight | haute-contre | Louis Gaulard Dumesny | |
| Phénice, a confidante of Armide | soprano | Marie-Louise Desmatins | |
| Sidonie, a confidante of Armide | soprano | Françoise Fanchon Moreau, la Cadette | |
| Hidraot, magician, King of Damascus | basse-taille (bass-baritone) | Jean Dun père | |
| Aronte, guard of Armide's captive knights | taille (baritenor) | ||
| Artémidor, a knight | taille | ||
| La Haine | taille | M. Frère | |
| Ubalde, a knight | basse-taille | ||
| The Danish Knight, companion of Ubalde | haute-contre | ||
| A Demon in the form of a Water Nimph | soprano | ||
| A Demon in the form of Lucinde, the Danish Knight's beloved | soprano | ||
| A Demon in the form of Melisse, Ubalde's beloved | soprano | ||
| Heroes who follow Glory; nymphs who follow Wisdom; people of Damascus; demons disguised as nymphs, shepherds and shepherdesses; flying demons disguised as Zephyrs; followers of Hatred, the Furies, Cruelty, Vengeance, Rage, etc.; demons disguised as rustics; Pleasures; demons disguised as happy lovers |
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