Merrie England (opera)
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Merrie England (opera)
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Merrie England is an English comic opera in two acts by Edward German to a libretto by Basil Hood. The patriotic story concerns love and rivalries at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, when a love letter sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to one of Queen Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting, Bessie Throckmorton, ends up in the hands of the Queen. Well-known songs from the opera include "O Peaceful England", "The Yeomen of England" and "Dan Cupid hath a Garden". The piece played at the Savoy Theatre in London in 1
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Comic opera by Edward German (premiered 1902)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrie_England_(opera)
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2024-04-26T22:55:40Z
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