{"id":67171,"date":"2026-08-28T03:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=67171"},"modified":"2026-08-28T03:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:39:43","slug":"vache-baroque-the-tempest-a-semi-opera-2","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/event\/vache-baroque-the-tempest-a-semi-opera-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vache Baroque, The Tempest. A semi-opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fadb49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fadb49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>In collaboration with theatre group Out of Chaos (<b>\u201climitless invention and electric storytelling\u201d <\/b><i>The Guardian<\/i>), this year\u2019s headline show will kick up a storm. Performed under a big-top tent with open vistas onto a magical lake and woodland, <b>Shakespeare<\/b>\u2018s spoken text will flow in dynamic harmony alongside 17th-century music and surround-sound live electronics.<\/p>\n<p>Much of the music included in this production was originally composed by Henry Purcell, Matthew Locke, Pelham Humfrey, and others for a late-17th-century version of The Tempest. Numerous pieces by other European composers of the period will also feature, as well as shanties, improvisations, and a full masque by Purcell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd22591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd22591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Grounds will open at 3pm for picnicking and exploring before the opera.<br \/>The first half will start at 5.30pm, with an hour-long dining interval at c.6.30pm.<br \/>The second half will start at c.7.30pm.<br \/>The show will end at c.8.30pm.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with theatre group Out of Chaos (\u201climitless invention and electric storytelling\u201d The Guardian), this year\u2019s headline show will kick up a storm. Performed under a big-top tent with open vistas onto a magical lake and woodland, Shakespeare\u2018s spoken text will flow in dynamic harmony alongside 17th-century music and surround-sound live electronics. Much of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":67168,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[459,463],"etn_tags":[],"class_list":["post-67171","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-concerts","etn_category-operas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etn\/67171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etn"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/etn"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"etn_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etn_category?post=67171"},{"taxonomy":"etn_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/londoncult.co.uk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etn_tags?post=67171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}