Bernard Clarke brings us to De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam for tonight’s performance of Gluck’s Armide. The five act opera was Gluck’s fifth production for the Parisian stage and the composer’s own favourite among his works, it was first performed on 23rd September 1777. Ivor Bolton conducts the Netherland Opera Chorus and Chamber Orchestra starring Karina Gauvin as Armide, sorceress, Princess of Damascus.