Has Rutland Boughton's Arthurian cycle of operas ever been performed?
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Has Rutland Boughton's Arthurian cycle of operas ever been performed?
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According to Grove only the first three have been performed.Originally Posted by Eine Alpensinfonie
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Yes, but I wonder whether there may have been a concert performance...
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from http://www.rutlandboughtonmusictrust...ta/profile.txtThe Cycle of Arthurian Music Dramas began in 1908 with "The Birth of Arthur" followed by "The Round Table" in 1915, "The Lily Maid" (1934), "Galahad" (1944) and "Avalon" (1945). Of these "The Lily Maid" was first performed at Stroud in 1934 whilst the last two operas have never been performed.
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Thanks for the info, Bryn. I've had a good look on the website and even Ian Boughton, the Trust's administrator, says:
Hopefully this does not rule out the possibility of a recording one day.Indeed, whilst The Lily Maid had its première production in 1934 at Stroud, with further performances in London, the last two music-dramas, Galahad and Avalon, have never been, or are ever likely to be, performed.
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I suggest at Glastonbury in June!
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It makes you wonder. Had Boughton not staged that controversial performance of Bethlehem, with Jesus born in a miner's cottage, the Glastonbury festival might have continued and might have gone on to be like Bayreuth and Glyndbourne, rathe than the noise,mud 'n' drugs festival of the present day.
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Well, the two aren't mutually exclusive
& the ENO dod do one act from Die Walkure at the noisy one a few years ago.
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