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King Arthur
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(DVD - Code 2)
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The coIIaboration of the poet John Dryden and Henry PurcelI marked a conspicuous Ieap 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 appealed to the audiences enthusiasm for fine costumes, Iavish sets, ingenious stage machinery and a cast of singers, dancers and instrumentalists, containing vocal show-stoppers such as the imperishabIe Frost Scene and Fairest isle. This criticaIIy acclaimed staging uses a new performing edition by René Jacobs, and is sung in English with German dialogue. |
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