"Ebullient and deeply enjoyable." Dan Bavister reviews Dunelm Consort & Players' recent concert of Purcell's 'King Arthur'.

The 1691 premiered semi-Opera King Arthur of the "Orpheus britannicus" Henry Purcell, John Dryden wrote the libretto to which, combines drama, music, dance and spectacle. "Music and poetry can be for ...

When Charles II reclaimed the English throne in 1660, after the long somber years of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate, he brought with him from French exile the artistic firecrackers that reignited ...

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When an opera company makes the decision to radically update a creation from the past and superimpose a stridently pointed contemporary political message, that company is entering risky territory.

The 1691 first performed semi-opera King Arthur, or The British Worthy (King Arthur or The British hero) is based on a 1684 written libretto by John Dryden (1631-1700). This acclaimed poet and ...

John Dryden’s libretto for Henry Purcell’s “Dramatick Opera,” King Arthur, recounts the mythical monarch’s battle for control of ancient Britain and exalts the nation’s prowess as of 1691, but the ...