Biography
WikipediaHenry Purcell was an English composer and organist of the middle Baroque era. He was extremely prolific, having composed more than 100 songs, a tragic opera Dido and Aeneas, and wrote incidental music to a version of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream called The Fairy Queen.
Works & Events
1659
Birth of Henry Purcell
birth
Derived from Wikidata date of birth (P569).
1688
Premiere of Dido and Aeneas (Henry Purcell)
premiere
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
1690
Premiere of Dioclesian (Henry Purcell)
premiereDorset Garden Theatre
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
1691
Premiere of King Arthur (Henry Purcell)
premiereDorset Garden Theatre
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
1692
Premiere of The Fairy-Queen (Henry Purcell)
premiereDorset Garden Theatre
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
1692
Premiere of Hail, bright Cecilia (Henry Purcell)
premiereStationers' Hall
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
1695
Death of Henry Purcell
death
Derived from Wikidata date of death (P570).
1695
Premiere of The Indian Queen (Henry Purcell)
premiereThe Theatre Royal
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
2011
Premiere of The Enchanted Island (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
premiere
Derived from Wikidata date of first performance (P1191).
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