King Arthur review – Purcell's Stuart propaganda beautifully done

St John’s Smith Square, London
Paul McCreesh’s semi-staging of this politically inclined opera was played with sensuousness and majesty and sung with consistent finesse and elanRelated: Tories make £15m profit from sale of old Smith Square HQ Hearing King Arthur at St John’s Smith Square – round the corner from the Houses of Parliament and overlooking what was once Conservative Central Office – is to be reminded, if nothing else, of its status as establishment propaganda. Purc