Talk:King Arthur (opera)

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[edit] Charles II - anachronism?

From the article: "The final scene hints that the plot may be an allegory of the contemporary political situation in England during the reign of Charles II."

The trouble is that the article dates the opera's first performance to 1691; Charles II died in 1685. As there is no actual description of the final scene, there's no information to support the statement about Charles II.

I don't know enough about this, aside from the timeline, to make a good edit. It would be good if one of this article's original authors was able to make this correction, either supporting/expanding or removing the statement. For example, it would be helpful to know if Dryden had written the libretto during Charles's reign, as well as a description of the final scene and how it relates to Charles.

Also, this article could generally use some references and supporting material. Since this statement isn't supported in the text of the article, I assume it comes from a reference used by the author. Which one?