{"id":8076,"date":"2014-05-28T20:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=8076"},"modified":"2020-04-11T16:46:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T16:46:47","slug":"king-arthur-or-the-british-worthy-h-purcell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=8076","title":{"rendered":"King Arthur or the British Worthy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A<\/i><\/b> semi-opera\u00a0in five acts with music by\u00a0Henry Purcell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and a libretto\u00a0by\u00a0John Dryden<\/a><\/strong>. It was first performed at the\u00a0Queen’s Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691.<\/p>\n

The plot is based on the battles between\u00a0King Arthur’s\u00a0Britons\u00a0and the\u00a0Saxons, rather than the legends of\u00a0Camelot(although\u00a0Merlin\u00a0does make an appearance). It is a\u00a0Restoration spectacular,\u00a0including such supernatural characters as\u00a0Cupid<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Venus<\/a>\u00a0plus references to the Germanic gods of the Saxons,\u00a0Woden<\/a>,\u00a0Thor<\/a>, and\u00a0Freya<\/a>. The tale centres on Arthur’s endeavours to recover his fianc\u00e9e, the blind\u00a0Cornish\u00a0Princess\u00a0Emmeline, who has been abducted by his arch-enemy, the Saxon King Oswald of\u00a0Kent.<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 Click for libretto \u00a0\u2192<\/h6>\n

\u2022\u2192 Listen to complete work<\/a> \u21d0<\/p>\n

\u00a4\u00a0 Highlights<\/a><\/h5>\n
\u25ca \u00a0‘Come If You Dare’ \u00a0\u2193\u00a0\u00a0[Symphony – Act I]<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Salzburg Festival 2004, \u00a0\u00a0Michael Schade<\/strong> (tenor) – \u00a0conducted by \u00a0Nikolaus Harnoncourt\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n