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Mr. Cowen's new opera, "Harold": the discovery of Harold's body on the battlefield of Hastings, 1895 Creator: George Meisenbach.

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Mr. Cowen's new opera, "Harold": the discovery of Harold's body on the battlefield of Hastings, 1895. London stage production. 'The production [and premiere] of "Harold" at Covent Garden on Saturday, June 5, was naturally an occasion of considerable interest to an English public. Mr. Cowen stands among the few acknowledged representatives of that mysterious entity known by the title of "English music"; and Sir Edward Malet's position alone sufficed to attract the interest, at least, of those whose fashionable patronage helps to make the Italian opera at Covent Garden just the thing it is. Of Sir Edward Malet's part in the collaboration it may at once be said that he has produced a book which, at all events, contains a simple, coherent, and intelligible plot...The music of "Harold" is all austerity; its composer runs away from the slightest obviousness of melody as though it were sinful to look upon its charms...he indulges in a passionate delight for bewildering his hearers...The mounting of the opera was superb...Madame Albani was at her best; Mr. David Bispham was a vigorous Duke William; and Mr. Richard Green and Miss Meisslinger were adequate'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

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HRM26A09_075

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6,8Mo (595,7Ko) / 14,9cm x 11,5cm / 1759 x 1356 (300dpi)

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London England people male job man men playhouse entertainment guy theatre occupation British stage performance performers performer performing war opera Covent Garden location century Britain profession first vocalist singer singers newspapers press concept actors battle acting B&W actor review opera singer premiere royal opera house 19th century Thespian black & white black and white B W on stage nineteenth century City of Westminster The Print Collector Battle of Hastings Illustrated London News Norman Conquest TGN ILN Amedee Forestier Battle of Hastings 1066 newspaper King Harold II Harold II Harold Godwineson Harold Godwinson Edward George Meisenbach Meisenbach George harold Si King Harold Godwinson opera singers King of England Harold 19th-century Godwineson Godwinson The Illustrated London News Sir Am?d?e Forestier Forestier Amedee Am?d?e Forestier Forestier Am?d?e Meisenbach Georg Georg Meisenbach Georg Meisenbach & Co or the Norman Conquest Frederic Hymen Cowen (1852-1935) Cowen Frederic Hymen Edward Malet Malet