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Purcell's King Arthur (Salzburg Festiva)

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Uploaded by on Apr 23, 2008

Henry Purcell's opera King Arthur

Salzburg Festival 2004.
Michael Schade (tenor)

Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducting

Some staging, huh? Jurgen Flimm is responsible for it.

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Uploader Comments (Kryltoppa)

  • This show at Salzburg Festival 2004 is really one of the Eurotrash offerings there that really rubs me the wrong way! And I love Michael Schade and Nikolaus Harnoncourt! :o( Thanks for posting, though, Kryltoppa. :o)

  • Yes, it is a strange show. I had trouble switching between the sung English and the spoken German myself. Harnoncourt is cooler than I thought of him!

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  • I have to agree with @UnaDormienda - I like new ideas thrown into baroque operas, but there is a balance and this production isn't working for me. I should watch the rest of this production but my first reaction was ' Oh No'....

  • The orchestra sounds fantastisch!

  • The staging with a circular around the orchestra strongly reminds me of Pierre Audi's Wagner Ring in Amsterdam. The use of English in the sung parts but German in the spoken parts is weird to see for a specialist in Baroque music like Harnoncourt. I did not expect that.

  • wer von King Arthur´s Purcell nicht genug bekommt, die Aufführung wird am 14.06., 15.06., 16.06.2010 in Brühl gespielt. Adresse: Rodderweg 66, Brühl

  • musica superba! .. il resto non merita commenti !

  • I'd be happy to work my mind round the staging but not the performance, dramatic or musical. It just seems heavy-handed.

  • @jokembach

    don't be so stupid

  • Guys, this is in fact my favourite production. But I had the privilege of experiencing it in real. I admit it is extremely complex and best to be viewed like a dozen times...

  • Youre confused and so is this director.

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