{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Classical Music","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music","author_name":"Bryan Rippin","author_url":"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/author\/bryan\/","title":"English Opera - Classical Music","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P7tiCAcCMM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/english-opera\/\">English Opera<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euroresidentes.com\/euroresiuk\/classical-music\/english-opera\/embed\/#?secret=P7tiCAcCMM\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"\u00abEnglish Opera\u00bb \u2014 Classical Music\" data-secret=\"P7tiCAcCMM\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"\u2026an unkind voice might say, \u2018is there any?\u2019 Well, there wasn\u2019t much after Henry Purcell (1659-1695) whose \u2018Dido and Aeneas\u2019 is the first English opera and is still performed and recorded. He composed in the Italian baroque style; together with his church and state music, there are five masques- more theatre music than opera. The log gap that followed his short life extends right down to the twentieth century, unless we include the operas of George Frederic Handel whom we have met, but though living in England, was German by birth. There has been a marked revival of many of"}