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Alfred is a sung stage work about Alfred the Great with music by Thomas Arne and libretto by David Mallet and James Thomson. The work was initially devised as a masque in 1740 and was first performed at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, on 1 August 1740 to commemorate the accession of his grandfather George I and the birthday of the Princess Augusta. Arne later revised the work turning it into an all-sung oratorio in 1745 and then an opera in 1753. It is best known for its finale "Rule, Britannia!".

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  • Alfred is a sung stage work about Alfred the Great with music by Thomas Arne and libretto by David Mallet and James Thomson. The work was initially devised as a masque in 1740 and was first performed at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, on 1 August 1740 to commemorate the accession of his grandfather George I and the birthday of the Princess Augusta. Arne later revised the work turning it into an all-sung oratorio in 1745 and then an opera in 1753. It is best known for its finale "Rule, Britannia!". (en)
  • Alfred est une œuvre du compositeur britannique Thomas Arne, d'abord créée sous la forme d'un masque, puis développée pour former un opéra. Elle s'inspire d'un événement historique : la victoire du roi anglo-saxon Alfred le Grand sur les Vikings en 878. Sa conclusion, Rule, Britannia!, est un air patriotique célèbre au Royaume-Uni. (fr)
  • Alfred är en opera i tre akter med musik av Thomas Arne och libretto av James Thomson och . (sv)
  • Alfred – maska (masque) o królu Alfredzie Wielkim, skomponowana w 1740 roku przez Thomasa Augustine’a Arne’a, do libretta i Jamesa Thomsona. Zawiera słynną pieśń Rule, Britannia!. Oryginalnie skomponowana w dwóch aktach. Premiera odbyła się 1 sierpnia 1740 w Cliefden (Cliveden) House w posiadłości najstarszego syna króla Anglii Jerzego II – Fryderyka, Księcia Walii, na cześć trzecich urodzin księżnej Augusty. Wersja maski wystawionej w Cliefden (Cliveden) House składała się zaledwie z 8 części wokalnych, uwertury i marszu. Premierowa obsada Alfreda to: aktor Quinn, Kitty Clive, Cecilia Young (żona kompozytora) i tenor Thomas Lowe. (pl)
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  • Life of Alfred the Great (en)
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  • The Masque of Alfred (en)
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  • Phonograph cylinder recorded by Albert Farrington in 1914 for Edison Records (en)
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  • Rule, Britannia.ogg (en)
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  • James Thomson (en)
  • David Mallet (en)
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  • Alfred (en)
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  • 1740-08-01 (xsd:date)
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  • "Rule, Britannia!" (en)
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  • Masque (en)
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  • The Masque of Alfred (en)
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  • Alfred is a sung stage work about Alfred the Great with music by Thomas Arne and libretto by David Mallet and James Thomson. The work was initially devised as a masque in 1740 and was first performed at Cliveden, country home of Frederick, Prince of Wales, on 1 August 1740 to commemorate the accession of his grandfather George I and the birthday of the Princess Augusta. Arne later revised the work turning it into an all-sung oratorio in 1745 and then an opera in 1753. It is best known for its finale "Rule, Britannia!". (en)
  • Alfred est une œuvre du compositeur britannique Thomas Arne, d'abord créée sous la forme d'un masque, puis développée pour former un opéra. Elle s'inspire d'un événement historique : la victoire du roi anglo-saxon Alfred le Grand sur les Vikings en 878. Sa conclusion, Rule, Britannia!, est un air patriotique célèbre au Royaume-Uni. (fr)
  • Alfred är en opera i tre akter med musik av Thomas Arne och libretto av James Thomson och . (sv)
  • Alfred – maska (masque) o królu Alfredzie Wielkim, skomponowana w 1740 roku przez Thomasa Augustine’a Arne’a, do libretta i Jamesa Thomsona. Zawiera słynną pieśń Rule, Britannia!. Oryginalnie skomponowana w dwóch aktach. Premiera odbyła się 1 sierpnia 1740 w Cliefden (Cliveden) House w posiadłości najstarszego syna króla Anglii Jerzego II – Fryderyka, Księcia Walii, na cześć trzecich urodzin księżnej Augusty. Wersja maski wystawionej w Cliefden (Cliveden) House składała się zaledwie z 8 części wokalnych, uwertury i marszu. Premierowa obsada Alfreda to: aktor Quinn, Kitty Clive, Cecilia Young (żona kompozytora) i tenor Thomas Lowe. (pl)
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  • Alfred (Arne opera) (en)
  • Alfred (opéra d'Arne) (fr)
  • Alfred (maska) (pl)
  • Alfred (opera) (sv)
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