A fascinating theatrical hype swept through 17th-century London: dramatick opera combined spoken drama with music, dance and spectacular sets. The success of these musicals avant-la-lettre was due to ...
“Sometimes a hero in an age appears: but scarce a Purcell in a thousand years” – the verdict of a contemporary musician on the death of Henry Purcell, arguably the greatest of all English composers, ...
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