King Arthur

T605109365
A 'semi-opera' featuring an exchange of music and spoken dialogue, was the result of a collaboration in 1691 with the poet and dramatist John Dryden. The storyline avoids familiar Arthurian legend, and focuses more on the live triangle of a blind Cornish princess, King Arthur and Oswald, Saxon King of Kent. Amongst all this, Purcell's music, brimming with French-inspired dance movements, is always brilliantly descriptive and entertaining.

Music	Purcell
Lyrics	Dryden

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Archive :: production:T605109365, opera or operetta:S799683802, venue:V424

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Production details

Sung in English Buxton Festival