Genre: Opera
Director: Jonathan Kent
Synopsis: The Fairy Queen is Purcell’s joyous response to A Midsummer Night’s Dream, incorporating much of Shakespeare’s text into a fascinating carnival of music, theatre and dance. In addition to Shakespeare’s characters, Purcell also conjures up a wild array of gods and goddesses, nymphs and sprites, fairies and shepherds, dancing swans and figures of dream.
Joseph's role: Oberon
Dates: Glyndebourne Festival 2009
| Date | Perf starts | Long interval | Finish |
| Sat 20 June | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Thur 25 June | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Tue 30 June | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Tue 7 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Fri 10 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Fri 17 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Sun 19 July | 3.45 | 5.25-6.45 | 8.25 |
| Sat 25 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Tue 28 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Thur 30 July | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Tues 4 August | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
| Sat 8 August | 5.00 | 6.40-8.00 | 9.40 |
Tickets
Public Booking will be available online or by telephone from Saturday 18 April 2009. See website for details.
Radio Broadcast
The Fairy Queen was broadcast on BBC radio 3 at 6:30pm-10:15:pm on the 21st July 2009
Links
News, Reviews & Media
| The Fairy Queen: Blu-ray review | 11/12/2010 |
| The Fairy Queen | 25/04/2010 |
| The Fairy Queen: coming soon on DVD | 14/04/2010 |
| The Fairy Queen: BBC Proms photo | 02/10/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: Radio 3 broadcast | 17/07/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: images | 29/06/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: at the Royal Albert Hall | 23/06/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: 4 stars from Standard | 22/06/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: 5 stars from Guardian | 22/06/2009 |
| The Fairy Queen: 4 star Times review | 22/06/2009 |
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