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  1. 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 Britons and the Saxons ...

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  4. Nov 14, 2005 · One Shepherd. How blest are shepherds, how happy their lasses, While drums and trumpets are sounding alarms! Over our lowly sheds all the storm passes, And when we die 'tis in each other's arms, All the day on our herds and flocks employing, All the night on our flutes and in enjoying. Chorus.

  5. Jan 6, 2017 · Frigid Purcell and Lully: Two Chilly Scenes from Baroque Opera. July 31, 2017January 6, 2017by Timothy Judd. Henry Purcell’s 1691 semi-opera, King Arthur, contains a shivering musical depiction of winter chill. The aria, What Power Art Thou comes from the fantastical “Frost Scene” in Act 3 in which Cupid awakens the “Cold Genius” (the ...

  6. Jan 23, 2017 · in Berlin. By Judith Wiemers, 23 January 2017. King Arthur, Henry Purcell and John Dryden’s five-act semi-opera from 1690, is a work seldom seen on opera stages. This can be explained by the generous proportion of spoken dialogue interwoven with musical interludes, an ambiguous genre identity and, not least, the ample problems presented by ...

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  8. Purcell studies / edited by Curtis Price, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 44174 9 (hardback) 1. Purcell, Henry, 1659 – 1695 – Criticism and interpretation I. Price, Curtis Alexander, 1945 – . ML410.P93P87 1995. 780 ́.921 – dc20 94 – 17174 CIP. isbn 978-0-521-44174-2 Hardback.

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