King Arthur in Various Media - Opera

Opera

  • Henry Purcell: King Arthur (1691), libretto by John Dryden
  • Richard Wagner: Lohengrin (1848), libretto by composer
  • Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1865), libretto by composer
  • Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1882), libretto by composer
  • Karl Goldmark: Merlin (1886), libretto by Siegfried Lipiner
  • Hubert Parry: Guinevere (1886)
  • Amadeu Vives: Arthús (1895)
  • Isaac Albéniz: Merlin (1897–1902), intended to be the first of a trilogy, libretto by Francis Money-Coutts, 5th Baron Latymer
  • Ernest Chausson: Le roi Arthus (1903), libretto by composer
  • Rutland Boughton: The Birth of Arthur (1909), libretto by Reginald Buckley
  • Harrison Birtwistle: Gawain (1991), libretto by David Harsent

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