King Arthur

Author(s)

• Purcell, Henry
• Dryden, John
• Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
• Flimm, Jürgen
• Wien, Renate
• Wiens, Wolfgang
• Rey, Isabel
• Bonney, Barbara
• Remmert, Birgit
• Schade, Michael
• Widmer, Oliver
• Maertens, Michael
• König, Dietmar
• Maertens, Peter
• Bantzer, Christoph
• Renner, Roland
• Kail, Christoph
• Rohrer, Sylvie
• Maier, Ulli
• Henkel, Alexandra
• Wölbern, Werner
• Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
• Concentus Musicus Wien

Bibliographic Information

King Arthur

Purcell

EuroArts, c2005

Videorecording（Videodisc）

Other Title

King Arthur or The British worthy : a dramatick opera in five acts

Note

Sung in English, dialogue in German with English, German and French subtitles

Added title from pamphlet

Libretto by John Dryden

Version for Salzburg by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Jürgen Flimm; German translation by Renate and Wolfgang Wiens

Casts: Isabel Rey, Barbara Bonney, sopranos ; Birgit Remmert, contralto ; Michael Schade, tenor ; Oliver Widmer, baritone ; Michael Maertens (King Arthur), Dietmar König (Oswald), Peter Maertens (Conon), Christoph Bantzer (Merlin), Roland Renner (Osmond), Christoph Kail (Aurelius), Sylvie Rohrer (Emmeline), Ulli Maier (Matilda), Alexandra Henkel (Philidel), Werner Wölbern (Grimbald) ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Concentus Muisicus Wien ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor

Credits: Directed for stage by Jürgen Flimm

Recorded: Felsenreitschule, 24-28 July 2004 (live recording)

LaserVision NTSC; PCM stereo; DVD

EuroArts: 2054508

• NCID: BA7422356X
• Country Code: xx
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engger
• Place of Publication: [S.l.]
• Pages/Volumes: 2 videodiscs (169 min.)
• Size: 4 3/4 in.
• Attached Material: 1 pamphlet (8 p. ; 18 cm.)