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Original tekst

Purcell Society Volume 26 - King Arthur. Arr. Laurie. Sheet Music. Opera. OPERA. Henry Purcell. --.

Oversættelse

Purcell Society Volume 26 - King Arthur. Arr. Laurie. Noder. Opera. OPERA. Henry Purcell. --.

Original tekst

King Arthur was the only one of Purcell's professionally produced operas to have been designed as a semi-opera. the others were all adaptations of earlier plays. Dryden made a real attempt to integrate the music into the drama, but since he ascribed to the dramatic conventions of the period which virtually confined music to allegorical or supernatural beings and thier worshippers, or servants, shepherds and similar characters, the main action mostly occurs in the spoken sections, and even the two singing characters, Philidel and Grimbald speak more than they sing.

Oversættelse

Kong Arthur var den eneste af Purcell er professionelt producerede operaer at have været udformet som en semi-opera. de andre var alle tilpasninger af tidligere skuespil. Dryden gjorde et reelt forsøg på at integrere musikken ind i drama, men da han tilskrives de dramatiske konventioner periode, der stort set kun musik til allegoriske eller overnaturlige væsener og Thier tilbedere eller tjenere, hyrder og lignende tegn, hovedsagen oftest opstår i det talte sektioner, og selv de to syngende tegn Philidel og Grimbald taler mere end de synger.