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Dr Dee: An English Opera is an opera created by theatre director Rufus Norris and musician and composer Damon Albarn. Its debut performance was at the Palace Theatre, Manchester in July 2011, as part of the 2011 Manchester International Festival. The opera is based on the life of John Dee, medical and scientific advisor to Elizabeth I.
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Mar 27, 2012 · The album combines Albarn's voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds. Dr Dee was recorded late last year in Albarn's...
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Jun 27, 2012 · Dr Dee is 18 tracks of songs combining Albarn's voice with early English choral and instrumentation alongside modern, West African and Renaissance sounds. Dr Dee was recorded late last...
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- Damon Albarn
May 7, 2012 · “Dr Dee” is an English Opera written by Rufus Norris and composed by Damon Albarn. It is based on the life of John Dee, a medical advisor of Queen Elizabeth I.
May 7, 2012 · A departure from his recent work with Gorillaz and Rocket Juice & the Moon, Dr Dee is the stately, melancholy soundtrack to the opera Damon Albarn wrote for director Rufus Norris.
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May 4, 2012 · Opening with an overture of twittering birdsong and portentous organ swells (‘The Golden Dawn’), Dr Dee moves swiftly into a sequence of pastoral acoustic ballads that are pretty much what one might expect from a conventional solo album by the lead singer of Blur.
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Apr 11, 2014 · Listen to Dr Dee by Damon Albarn on Apple Music. Stream songs including "The Golden Dawn", "Apple Carts" and more.
