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King Arthur
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The collaboration of the poet John Dryden and Henry PurcelI marked a conspicuous leap forward for English opera. Their greatest project, King Arthur, is a five-act dramatick opera, the text of which had its origins in a patriotic musical pIay Dryden had written in 1684 but which he radically overhauled. The resuIt was a work that appeaIed to the audiences enthusiasm for fine costumes, lavish sets, ingenious stage machinery and a cast of singers, dancers and instrumentaIists, containing vocaI show-stoppers such as the imperishabIe Frost Scene and Fairest isIe. This criticaIIy acclaimed staging uses a new performing edition by René Jacobs, and is sung in English with German dialogue. |
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