108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €

The Fairy Queen

Henry Purcell

December 16, 2010

108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €
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SEMI-OPERA in five acts. Anonymous adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare. Premiered on 2 May 1692 at the Dorset Garden Theatre in London

Written by Shakespeare to celebrate aristocratic nuptials around 1595, adapted with pageant for the London public during the Restoration, the comedy, turned semi-opera, intermingles in the course of a single night an aristocratic marriage, pastoral romance, dramatic love affairs performed by amateur actors and the marital quarrels between Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the elves. Sylvan darkness, the liberating force of dreams and the whimsical influence of the moon that promotes the contagion of love, the work covers the spectrum of sentiment and the whole gamut of laughter with fancy, making it a peak of Baroque performance.

Direction musicale,William Christie / Jonathan Cohen & Mise en scène, Jonathan Kent Lucy Crowe, Andrew Foster-Williams, Claire Debono, Ed Lyon, Emmanuelle de Negri, Robert Burt, William Gaunt, Robert East, Alice Haig, Nicholas Shaw, Gwilym Lee, Jo Herbert, Roger Sloman, Robert Burt, Desmond Barrit, Paul Mc Cleary, Brian Pettifer, Jack Chissick, Amanda Harris, Jotham Annan, Finbar Lynch...

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Saturday, January 16, 2010 - 8:00pm
Monday, January 18, 2010 - 8:00pm
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 8:00pm
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - 8:00pm
Friday, January 22, 2010 - 8:00pm
Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 3:00pm
Salle Favart
108, 87, 65, 40, 15, 6 €

Introduction à The Fairy Queen par Agnès Terrier
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Cast

William Christie
Musical direction
William Christie
Musical direction
Jonathan Cohen
(24/01)
Stage direction
Jonathan Kent
Scenery and costumes
Paul Brown
Lighting
Mark Henderson
Choreography
Kim Brandstrup
Stage direction assistant
Francesca Giplin
Choreography assistant
Joanna O’Keeffe
Choirmaster
François Bazola
Linguistic councillor
Sophie Decauvadeine
Soprano, Juno
Lucy Crowe
Bass, Coridon, Winter, Hymen, Sleep
Andrew Foster-Williams
Mystery, 1st Fairy, Nymph, Spring
Claire Debono
Ténor, Chinese Man (Adam), Secrecy
Ed Lyon
Ténor, Summer
Sean Clayton
Membre du choeur

Fairies, Miriam Allan*, Anna Devin*, Claire Debono*, Maud Gnidzaz*

* Membres du choeur

Bass
Callum Thorpe
Membre du choeur
DR Emmanuelle de Negri
Soprano, Night, the Plaint
Emmanuelle de Negri
Mopsa, Flute
Robert Burt
DR Les Arts Florissants
Chœur et orchestre
Les Arts Florissants
Phoebus
Robert Davies
Membre du choeur
Autumn
David Webb
Membre du choeur
Chinese Woman (Eve)
Helen Jane Howells
Membre du choeur
Theseus
William Gaunt
Egeus
Robert East
Hermia
Alice Haig
Lysander
Nicholas Shaw
Demetrius
Gwilym Lee
Helena
Jo Herbert

Starveling, Roger Sloman
Bottom, Desmond Barrit
Quince, Paul Mc Cleary
Snug, Brian Pettifer
Snout, Jack Chissick
Titania, Amanda Harris
Puck, Jotham Annan
Oberon, Finbar Lynch

Dancers, Laura Caldow, Omar Gordon, Samuel Guy,Anthony Kurt-Gabel, Jarkko Lehmus, Caroline Lynn, Maurizio Montis, Sarah Storer
 

Indian Boy (en alternance), Adel Aïssani, Riad Ghelazi, Lucien Pech

Coproduction, Opéra ComiqueGlyndebourne Festival (créé le 20 juin 2009)Théâtre de Caen (février 2010)Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York (mars 2010)

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