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Purcell: King Arthur

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composer
Purcell, Henry
title

Purcell: King Arthur

performers
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Jacobs, René
catalogue number
2.110658
description
Anett Fritsch and Robin Johannsen, Sopranos • Benno Schachtner, Countertenor • Mark Milhofer and Stephan Rügamer, Tenors • Arttu Kataja and Johannes Weisser, Baritones • Dancers of the skills ensemble • Choir of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden • The collaboration of the poet John Dryden and Henry Purcell 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 play Dryden had written in 1684 but which he radically overhauled. The result was a work that appealed to the audience’s enthusiasm for fine costumes, lavish sets, ingenious stage machinery and a cast of singers, dancers and instrumentalists, containing vocal show-stoppers such as the imperishable Frost Scene and Fairest isle. This critically acclaimed staging uses a new performing edition by René Jacobs, and is sung in English with German dialogue.
format
DVD x 1
label
Naxos
release date
3/27/20
EAN / barcode
0747313565856
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