Name: King Arthur
Start: 2015-07-16T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2015-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Les Hospices Civils de Beaune: l'Hôtel-Dieu

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Organization

Soprano

Sophie Junker

Venus

Cupid

Grace Davidson

Philidels Geist

Anna Dennis

Nereid

Bass

Nicholas Mulroy

Comus

Tenor

Shepherd

Singer

Jeremy Budd

Ténor

Marcus Farnsworth

Aeolus

Ashley Riches

Grimbald

Genius

David Clegg

Contre-ténor

Daniel Collins

Conductor

Paul McCreesh

Festival International d'Opéra Baroque de Beaune

Gabrieli Consort and Players

King Arthur

Chiemsee

Germany

Schloss Herrenchiemsee

Beaune

France

Les Hospices Civils de Beaune: l'Hôtel-Dieu

London

United Kingdom

St John's Smith Square

King Arthur Purcell

Approved

Gabrieli have long been renowned for their performances of Purcell’s The Fairy Queen, most recently performed in summer 2012. This July, we are delighted to be performing Purcell’s King Arthur at St John’s Smith Square followed by a short European tour.

King Arthur is the great patriotic opera of the seventeenth century depicting the battles between King Arthur’s Britons and Saxons. Full of brilliant dance music and beautiful songs, this 1691 setting of John Dryden poetry includes the justly famous Fairest Isle and the great “frost scene” in one of Purcell’s most vivid and imaginative scores. Gabrieli’s cast includes soloists Sophie Junker, Grace Davidson, Nicholas Mulroy, Marcus Farnsworth and Ashley Riches.

English

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