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Dryden reworks the Amphitryon story as a comedy about sexual morality and power, adding Phaedra, who flirts with Sosia before Mercury wins her over with promises of wealth. Music by Purcell distinguishes this version from its earlier dramatic sources.
Café Müller is a dance choreographed by Pina Bausch set to the music of Henry Purcell. It has been performed regularly since its creation in May 1978, and in May 1985 the dance was performed and filmed at the Opernhaus Wuppertal, and broadcast on German television in December of that year.
Queen Dido accepts Aeneas’s love, but a Sorceress sends a disguised messenger to make him leave Carthage. Aeneas returns to explain, yet Dido rejects his offer to stay after learning he had considered departing. She sings “When I am laid in Earth” and dies.
The prophetess Delphia predicts that the footsoldier Diocles will become emperor after killing a mighty boar and marry her niece Drusilla. Diocles kills Aper, whose name means boar, and becomes co-emperor, but abandons Drusilla for Princess Aurelia. Delphia disrupts the wedding and helps Rome’s enemies defeat the army. Diocles repents, defeats the invaders, yields half the throne to Maximian, and leaves with Drusilla.
Arthur’s Britons fight the Saxons, led by King Oswald, who has abducted Arthur’s blind fiancée Emmeline. With help from Merlin and the spirit Philidel, Arthur overcomes the Saxon magician Osmond’s spells and destroys an enchanted wood. Arthur defeats Oswald in single combat but spares his life. Merlin restores Emmeline’s sight, and she and Arthur reunite.
Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans is a 1681 comedy play by the English writer Thomas D'Urfey. It was first staged by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. A song for the play was composed by Henry Purcell. The original cast included Thomas Clark as Wilding, Cardell Goodman as Townly, Philip Griffin as Porpuss, Martin Powell as Whigg, John Coysh as Swift, Carey Perin as Benedick, Mary Corbett as Gratiana, Sarah Cooke as Livia and Susanna Percival as Winifred. The published version was dedicated to the politician Lord Berkeley.
A three-part Restoration comedy dramatization of Cervantes's Don Quixote, with numerous songs. The three parts are described as separate plays and together take more than seven hours to perform.
Maskwell, who pretends to be Mellefont’s friend, conspires with Lady Touchwood to break Mellefont’s engagement to Cynthia and marry her himself. Their scheme turns the family against Mellefont, but Lady Touchwood exposes Maskwell’s treachery and Lord Touchwood stops his final attempt to carry off Cynthia.
An opera pasticcio combining Baroque music by several composers with a new text by Jeremy Sams. It brings together characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Helena, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander.
During the celebration of Oberon’s birthday, Phoebus and the Four Seasons appear in a masque. Juno blesses the lovers, a lament is sung, and Chinese characters celebrate harmony before Hymen praises married life.
During conflict between the Inca and Aztecs, Montezuma and Acacis become rivals for Orazia while Zempoalla seeks power and love. The intrigue ends with Zempoalla’s death and the revelation of Montezuma’s royal identity; a masque celebrates his marriage to Orazia.
Heartwell, a misanthropic bachelor, falls for Silvia without knowing she was Vainlove’s mistress and agrees to marry her. Bellmour, disguised as a parson, makes the marriage a pretence while pursuing Laetitia; meanwhile the foolish Sir Joseph Wittol is truly married to Silvia under a mistaken belief about her identity.
Dryden reworks the Amphitryon story as a comedy about sexual morality and power, adding Phaedra, who flirts with Sosia before Mercury wins her over with promises of wealth. Music by Purcell distinguishes this version from its earlier dramatic sources.
Café Müller is a dance choreographed by Pina Bausch set to the music of Henry Purcell. It has been performed regularly since its creation in May 1978, and in May 1985 the dance was performed and filmed at the Opernhaus Wuppertal, and broadcast on German television in December of that year.
Queen Dido accepts Aeneas’s love, but a Sorceress sends a disguised messenger to make him leave Carthage. Aeneas returns to explain, yet Dido rejects his offer to stay after learning he had considered departing. She sings “When I am laid in Earth” and dies.
The prophetess Delphia predicts that the footsoldier Diocles will become emperor after killing a mighty boar and marry her niece Drusilla. Diocles kills Aper, whose name means boar, and becomes co-emperor, but abandons Drusilla for Princess Aurelia. Delphia disrupts the wedding and helps Rome’s enemies defeat the army. Diocles repents, defeats the invaders, yields half the throne to Maximian, and leaves with Drusilla.
Arthur’s Britons fight the Saxons, led by King Oswald, who has abducted Arthur’s blind fiancée Emmeline. With help from Merlin and the spirit Philidel, Arthur overcomes the Saxon magician Osmond’s spells and destroys an enchanted wood. Arthur defeats Oswald in single combat but spares his life. Merlin restores Emmeline’s sight, and she and Arthur reunite.
Sir Barnaby Whigg; Or, No Wit Like A Womans is a 1681 comedy play by the English writer Thomas D'Urfey. It was first staged by the King's Company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. A song for the play was composed by Henry Purcell. The original cast included Thomas Clark as Wilding, Cardell Goodman as Townly, Philip Griffin as Porpuss, Martin Powell as Whigg, John Coysh as Swift, Carey Perin as Benedick, Mary Corbett as Gratiana, Sarah Cooke as Livia and Susanna Percival as Winifred. The published version was dedicated to the politician Lord Berkeley.
A three-part Restoration comedy dramatization of Cervantes's Don Quixote, with numerous songs. The three parts are described as separate plays and together take more than seven hours to perform.
Maskwell, who pretends to be Mellefont’s friend, conspires with Lady Touchwood to break Mellefont’s engagement to Cynthia and marry her himself. Their scheme turns the family against Mellefont, but Lady Touchwood exposes Maskwell’s treachery and Lord Touchwood stops his final attempt to carry off Cynthia.
An opera pasticcio combining Baroque music by several composers with a new text by Jeremy Sams. It brings together characters from Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, including Prospero, Miranda, Ariel, Helena, Hermia, Demetrius and Lysander.
During the celebration of Oberon’s birthday, Phoebus and the Four Seasons appear in a masque. Juno blesses the lovers, a lament is sung, and Chinese characters celebrate harmony before Hymen praises married life.
During conflict between the Inca and Aztecs, Montezuma and Acacis become rivals for Orazia while Zempoalla seeks power and love. The intrigue ends with Zempoalla’s death and the revelation of Montezuma’s royal identity; a masque celebrates his marriage to Orazia.
Heartwell, a misanthropic bachelor, falls for Silvia without knowing she was Vainlove’s mistress and agrees to marry her. Bellmour, disguised as a parson, makes the marriage a pretence while pursuing Laetitia; meanwhile the foolish Sir Joseph Wittol is truly married to Silvia under a mistaken belief about her identity.