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[31] Opera -William Christie conducts Purcell's The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne [Etcohod]
William Christie conducts Purcell's The Fairy Queen at Glyndebourne. Opera In English , with French sub. The Fairy Queen by Henry Purcell. Semi opera in one prologue and five acts. Anonymous libretto after William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream First performed at the Dorset Gardens Theatre, London on 2 May 1692. William Christie, direction Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment The Glyndebourne Choir Directed by Jonathan Kent Sets and costumes by Paul Brown Choreographed by Kim Brandstrup Cast : Carolyn Sampson, Night, the Plaint - Lucy Crowe, Juno - Claire Debono, Mystery, 1st Fairy - Anna Devin, 2nd Fairy, A Nymph, A Chinese woman - Ed Lyon, A Chinese man - Robert Burt, Mopsa - Andrew Foster-Williams, Hymen, Sleep - Desmond Barritt, The Drunken Poet, Bottom The Fairy Queen, a major English baroque work alternates sung, spoken and danced numbers and was composed by Purcell in 1692 after Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The stage is peopled by gods and goddesses, nymphs, goblins, fairies and shepherds, who all take part in a sumptuous ceremony presided over by the god Hymen himself. The acclaimed conductor William Christie conducts this masterpiece on the 350th anniversary of Purcell's birth. Directed for television by François Roussillon Recorded in July 2009 at the Glyndebourne festival. Length : 03:30:22 Director : François Roussillon Sharing Widget |
