The Fairy Queen

T01921828252
The Fairy Queen is based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and is a mixture of opera and ballet played out in a succession of human and mythological scenes in all its Baroque splendour.

Author

Purcell

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Archive :: production:T01921828252, opera or operetta:S1929, venue:V942

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(Thomas Guthrie's 2005 Production)

Thomas Guthrie s production, influenced by the English surreal painter Richard Dadd, imagines the story set in a military convalescent hospital during World War One. This joyous production beautifully conveys the fantasy and inextinguishable energy of Purcell s magical score. Running time: 1hr 50mins