King Arthur, Z. 628 (Sung in English with German dialogue)

Composer: Purcell, Henry

Librettist/Text Author: Dryden, John

Orchestra: Berlin Akademie fur Alte Musik

Ensemble: Skills Ensemble

Chorus: Berlin State Opera Chorus

Chorus Master: Wright, Martin

Arthur: Rotschopf, Michael

Aurelius: Scheumann, Steffen Schortie

Conon: Wandtke, Axel

Emmeline: Droste, Meike

Grimbald: Radisch, Tom

Matilda: Schnuckel, Sigrid Maria

Merlin: Rehberg, Hans-Michael

Osmond: Stokowski, Oliver

Oswald: Urlacher, Max

Philidel / Shepherdess / Cupid / Siren / Nymph / Venus: Fritsch, Anett

Priest / Fisherman / Comuss: Kataja, Arttu

Priest / Grimbald / Cold Genius / Sylvan / Aeolus / Peasant / Comus: Weisser, Johannes

Priest / He / Sylvan: Schachtner, Benno

Priest / Herold / Sylvan / Comus: Milhofer, Mark

Priest / Shepherd / Sylvan / Comus: Rugamer, Stephan

Priest / Shepherdess / She / Siren / Nymph: Johannsen, Robin

Set Designer: Crouch, Julian

Costume Designer: Pollard, Kevin

Lighting Designer: Freese, Olaf

Choreographer: Skrela, Gail

Stage Director: Bechtolf, Sven-Eric

Stage Director: Crouch, Julian

Television Director: Sommer, Andy

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Date of Production: 2017

Venue: Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

Playing Time: 02:50:18

Catalogue Number: 2.110658

UPC: 747313565856

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The collaboration of the poet John Dryden and Henry Purcell marked a conspicuous leap forward for English opera. Their greatest project, King Arthur, is a five-act 'dramatic opera', the text of which had its origins in a patriotic musical play Dryden had written in 1684 but which he radically overhauled. The result was a work that appealed to the audience's enthusiasm for fine costumes, lavish sets, ingenious stage machinery and a cast of singers, dancers and instrumentalists, containing vocal show-stoppers such as the imperishable Frost Scene and Fairest Isle. This critically acclaimed staging uses a new performing edition by Rene Jacobs, and is sung in English with German dialogue