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King Arthur (opera) King Arthur. (opera) King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera [1] in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden. It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691. [2] The plot is based on the battles between King Arthur 's ...
Henry Purcell (1659–1695) Semi-opera in five acts Libretto by John Dryden The first concert in the choir’s 60th Anniversary season is Purcell’s dramatic masterpiece about the conflict between King Arthur’s Britons and the heathen Saxon invaders. The plot bears no relation to the legends of Camelot but largely concerns King Arthur’s attempts to rescue his fiancée, the blind Cornish ...
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Explore King Arthur, Henry Purcell, a 18 - November 20 2022 production by Opéra Royal de Versailles Get performance details, watch videos, view photos and more on Operabase.
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- November 18, 2022
- November 20, 2022
Oct 25, 2019 · Purcell King Arthur 1691. Worldwide release 25 October 2019. Gabrieli Consort & Players. Paul McCreesh (conductor) Henry Purcell and John Dryden’s King Arthur, the great patriotic opera of the late 17th century, is recorded here in a lively new performing edition, after more than two decades in Gabrieli’s touring repertoire.
Nov 1, 2019 · It may be over 300 years since Purcell’s King Arthur first saw the light of day, but its time has surely come. What other “dramatick opera” so precisely captures the political spirit of the ...
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Renowned interpreters of Henry Purcell’s music, after 20 years of concert practice and scholarship, Gabrieli Consort & Players together with Paul McCreesh have created a new production of King Arthur, breathing new life into this masterpiece of British theatre music. An ensemble of nine solo singers and a small chamber orchestra – musical forces with which Purcell himself would sense a ...
