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Tancredi on the condition that he reveal who saved him from the monsters. Erminia rushes off to release Tancredi from his chains (“Cercar fra i perigli”) and Armida returns to her worries about who saved Tancredi while Rimbaldo tries to comfort her by reaffirming his love for her. He briefly leaves and Armida’s dark thoughts return: on his return he brings more disturbing news; he encountered and fought two knights who suddenly disappeared like “mist in the wind”. Armida realizes that the knights have come to seize Rinaldo and she orders Rambaldo to capture the knights so that she may learn the secret of their magic. Left alone she voices her fears that she will lose Rinaldo (“Ah, ti sento, mio povero coro”) Meanwhile, Ubaldo and Dano have found Rinaldo and amid appeals to his honour, Rinaldo sees his reflection in Dano’s shield and, appalled at his own image, he renounces Armida a second time. Dano remains with Rinaldo while Ubaldo leaves to find and free Tancredi. We are now in a dungeon in the palace. Tancredi is lamenting that he did not die heroically in battle (“Fra l’orror”) when Erminia bursts in and begs him to save his life by revealing to Armida who saved him from her monsters. Tancredi rejects the offer and even Erminia’s entreaties cannot move him. But the door to the dungeon is now thrown open and Ubaldo enters and frees Tancredi from his chains. Now we are in another wing of the vast palace, overlooking a lake. A boat is ready to take Rinaldo and Dano across the lake. They are waiting for Tancredi and Ubaldo when they are discovered by Armida. Rinaldo holds firm to his renunciation of Armida and she, by turns commanding and begging, desperately tries to win him back but he is steadfast until Armida, overwrought, faints. Rinaldo’s resolve falters (“Guarda, chi lascio”) but Tancredi and Ubaldo arrive just in time and they all make their escape in the boat. Rambaldo enters and revives Armida who rages at Rinaldo “the traitor” (“Odio, furor, dispetto”). The sky darkens, an earthquake topples the palace and fires break out. “Let this monument to my joys and to my torment crumble and burn” she declares, and she summons the furies to bring her chariot. Climbing in she swears vengeance on Rinaldo, as winged dragons draw the chariot skyward.
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Rinaldo hacks at the tree until he finally fells it and, the spells broken, serenity returns to the forest. Now we are back on the lakeshore and, reunited with Tancredi, Rambaldo, Ubaldo, Dano and Erminia, Rinaldo leads them all in a prayer for forgiveness, before they depart to enjoy a joyous reunion with their fellow knights in the Crusader’s camp.
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Courtyard of Armida's castle, a drawbridge is visible. The two Crusader-knights Rambaldo and Tancredi do battle while Erminia, in love with Tancredi and disguised in the armor of Clorinda (Tancredi’s beloved) and with the visor down, tries to stop them. Rambaldo has lured Tancredi into Armida’s
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