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King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera [1] in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden.It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691.
Le roi Arthus (King Arthur) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Ernest Chausson to his own libretto.It was composed between 1886 and 1895, and first performed 30 November 1903 at the Théâtre de la Monnaie, Brussels, after long delays.
"Fairest Isle" is one of the best-regarded songs by the 17th-century English composer Henry Purcell, a setting of words by John Dryden.It first appeared as a soprano solo in their semi-opera King Arthur (1691), where it is sung by the goddess Venus in praise of the island of Britain as the home of Love.
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The musical has become associated with the Presidency of John F. Kennedy, which is sometimes called the "Camelot Era", because of an interview with Jackie Kennedy in which she compared her husband's presidency to King Arthur's reign, specifically mentioning his fondness for the musical and particularly the title song's closing lyrics, which end ...
After Locke's death, a second flowering produced the semi-operas of Henry Purcell, notably King Arthur and The Fairy-Queen. Semi-opera received a deathblow when the Lord Chamberlain separately licensed plays without music and the new Italian opera [citation needed]. Semi-operas were performed with singing, speaking and dancing roles.
King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain .
Hugh Capet, King of the Franks from 987 to 996, the founder and first king from the House of Capet Gaetano Donizetti: Ugo, conte di Parigi; Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman Ferenc Erkel: Hunyadi László; Stig Andersen Hvide, Danish marshal, later an outlaw Peter Arnold Heise: Drot og marsk (King and Marshal) (as Marshal Stig)