Details

A 'semi-opera' featuring an exchange of music and spoken dialogue, was the result of a collaboration in 1691 with the poet and dramatist John Dryden. The storyline avoids familiar Arthurian legend, and focuses more on the live triangle of a blind Cornish princess, King Arthur and Oswald, Saxon King of Kent. Amongst all this, Purcell's music, brimming with French-inspired dance movements, is always brilliantly descriptive and entertaining. This production is choreographed by Mark Morris.

Cast/Performers

Mhairi Lawson (soprano 1), Gillian Keith (soprano 2), Iestyn Davies (counter-tenor), James Gilchrist (tenor), Andrew Foster-Williams (baritone 1), Elizabeth Watts (soprano 3), William Berger (baritone 2)

Creatives/Company

Music: Purcell
Lyrics: Dryden
Corporate Sponsor(s): Sky, Artsworld
Producer(s): English National Opera, Mark Morris Dance Group
Director: Mark Morris
Choreographer: Mark Morris
Conductor: Jane Glover
Design: Adrianne Lobel
Costume(s): Isaac Mizrahi, Isaac Mizrahi
Lighting: James F. Ingalls