Henry Purcell - King Arthur opera Z. 628 | Cold Genius “the cold song“.
King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera 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.
The plot is based on the battles between King Arthur’s Britons and the Saxons, rather than the legends of Camelot (although Merlin does make an appearance). It is a Restoration spectacular, including such supernatural characters as Cupid and Venus plus references to the Germanic gods of the Saxons, Woden, Thor, and Freya. The tale centres on Arthur’s endeavours to recover his fiancée, the blind Cornish Princess Emmeline, who has been abducted by his arch-enemy, the Saxon King Oswald of Kent.
The Frost Scene in the third act has always attracted praise from critics. Edward J. Dent wrote, “The Frost Scene is one of Purcell’s most famous achievements“ with “its bold contrasts of style, and the masterly piling up of the music to a cl
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