Details

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. Sung in English with supertitles.

Cast/Performers

Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono, Ed Lyon, Robert Burt, Andrew Foster-Williams

Creatives/Company

Author: Purcell
Corporate Sponsor: Associated Newspapers Ltd
Company(s): Glyndebourne Opera, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor(s): William Christie, Laurence Cummings (Jul 25 / 28 / 30 / Aug 4 / 8)
Director: Jonathan Kent
Design: Paul Brown
Lighting: Mark Henderson
Choreographer: Kim Brandstrup
Other: Thomas Blunt (Chorus Master)