Richard Coeur de Lion (play) Richard Coeur de Lion (play) Richard Coeur de Lion: An historical romance is a 1786 semi-opera with an English text by John Burgoyne set to music by Thomas Linley the Elder. It was first staged at Drury Lane Theatre in October 1786. It was a translation of Michel-Jean Sedaine's opera "Richard Coeur-de-lion" about the life of the English Monarch Richard I with the ending significantly changed. The work was a major success and ran for 43 performances and was revived seven times before the end of the century. By contrast a rival version staged at the Covent Garden Theatre at
I Don't Know What It Is I Don't Know What It Is "I Don't Know What It Is" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the first single from Wainwright's third studio album "Want One" and was released in a slim-line jewel case format on July 26, 2004. In addition to the UK and Japanese versions of "Want One", the song also appears on the bonus DVD that accompanies "Want Two" ("Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore"), "All I Want" (DVD), and "Want", a repackaged UK double album that contains "Want One" and "Want Two". In "All I Want", producer