René Jacobs conducts King Arthur by Purcell at the Staatsoper Berlin
King Arthur, by Henry Purcell; Semi-Opera in five, text by John Dryden; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Staatsopernchor, René Jacobs (Conductor); Martin Wright (Chorus Master); Sven-Eric Bechtolf (Stage Director); Julian Crouch (Sets), Gail Skrela (Choregraphy), Kevin Pollard (Costumes), Olaf Freese (Lighting), Joshua Higgason (Video); Annett Fritsch (soprano / Philidel); Robin Johannsen (soprano); Benno Schachtner (alto); Mark Milhofer, Stephan Rügamer (tenors); Johannes Weisser, Arttu Kataja (basses); Spoken characters; Michael Rotschopf (Arthur), Max Urlacher (Oswald), Axel Wandtke (Conon), Oliver Stokowski (Osmond), Tom Radisch (Grimbald), Steffen Scheumann (Aurelius), Meike Droste (Emmeline), Sigrid Maria Schnückel (Matilda); Recorded at the Staatsoper Berlin, Schiller Theater, on January 21, 2017 (180 min)
