Purcell’s King Arthur: 22 October 2.00pm

[doversoul1]

Still a week to wait but this should be worth waiting for.

Penny Gore introduces the Thursday opera matinee, a performance of Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur recorded at this year's Utrecht Early Music Festival.

Vox Luminis
Ensemble La Fenice
Jean Tubéry (conductor)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06hzvsh

Here’s the performance if you can't wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xhdXsd3qT8

Vox Luminis/La Fenice - Purcell: King Arthur (Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2015)

[richardfinegold]

What's a "semi opera"?

[teamsaint]

What's a "semi opera"?

It is performed in the penultimate round.

[EdgeleyRob]

It is performed in the penultimate round.

Thanks for the link ds,I couldn't wait,wonderful.

[greenilex]

Which is the final opera, then?

Dream of Gerontius?

(Shudders)

[doversoul1]

What's a "semi opera"?

The terms "semi-opera", "dramatic[k] opera" and "English opera" were all applied to Restoration entertainments that combined spoken plays with masque-like episodes employing singing and dancing characters […]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-opera

well, this is one explanation

[doversoul1]

I couldn't wait,wonderful.

Nor could I, and it was. Just in case anybody is interested, here’s the libretto.

http://www.impresario.ch/libretto/libpurkin_e.htm

[LeMartinPecheur]

Still a week to wait but this should be worth waiting for.

Penny Gore introduces the Thursday opera matinee, a performance of Purcell's semi-opera King Arthur recorded at this year's Utrecht Early Music Festival.

Vox Luminis
Ensemble La Fenice
Jean Tubéry (conductor)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06hzvsh

Here’s the performance if you can't wait.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xhdXsd3qT8

Vox Luminis/La Fenice - Purcell: King Arthur (Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht 2015)

I wonder how long it will take for R3 not to bother broadcasting stuff that's already on youtube?

(A long time I hope because my computer doesn't connect to my sound system, and we have rubbish broadband speeds even if it did!)

[doversoul1]

Today (Thursday 22 ) at 7.30pm.

If you like this, you may also like….

http://www.for3.org/forums/showthread.php?14132-Utrecht-Early-Music-Festival-2015-on-youtube

Thank you, Host, for correcting the date.

[french frank]

Today (Thursday 23 ) at 7.30pm ... Thank you, Host, for correcting the date.

Something wrong with my calendar? - today is Thursday 22 …

[doversoul1]

Something wrong with my calendar? - today is Thursday 22 …

No, it's my brain. Duely corrected.