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''The Indian Queen'' (Z. 630), is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in 1695. The libretto is a revised version of the play "The Indian Queen" (1664) by John Dryden and his brother-in-law Sir Robert Howard. It was Purcell's last semi-opera. The performance history of the piece is uncertain. The exact date of premiere is unknown but Peter Holman surmises it may have been performed in June, without the Masque in Act 5, which had to be completed after Purcell's death in November by his brother Daniel.〔Peter Holman ''Henry Purcell'' (Oxford University Press, 1994) p.219〕 ==History== The original play was premiered in 1664. In 1694 Thomas Betterton was given £50 to transform it into an opera, he commissioned Purcell to compose the music.〔(The Indian Queen )〕〔(C.A. Price. Henry Purcell and the London Stage )〕 The Indian Queen is one of Purcell's less often performed stage works. This is probably more a reflection of the incomplete state of the score rather than the quality of the music. In the twenty-first century there was a major new production by Tchaikovsky Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre (Perm), Teatro Real (Madrid), and English National Opera (London). Peter Sellars completely rewrote the text to tell the story of the Spanish Conquista. He drew on a book by the Nicaraguan writer Rosario Aguilar. This version, with designs by Gronk, was premiered at Perm in 2013. It was performed at the Teatro Real in 2014, when Sellars said spectators who responded negatively, especially to the end of the first part where Indians are machine-gunned by Spanish soldiers, “don’t understand that a work like this is about trying to complete a journey together through difficult issues and history.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Indian Queen (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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