Alfred
Music by Thomas Arne
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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About the Composer
Thomas Arne is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Thomas Arne
- Artaxerxes (1729)
- Comus (1738)
- Eliza (1754)