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As the grand finale to its 30th season and a highlight of the ''Shakespeare in Washington'' celebration, the Folger Consort presented Henry Purcell's magical 1691 semi-opera based on ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. For this rare concert presentation of ''The Fairy Queen'', one of the composer's wittiest and most ravishing scores, the Consort assembled a period orchestra and a stellar cast of virtuoso voices. The Folger Consort performed ''The Fairy Queen'' from April 13 to April 15, 2007 in the Elizabethan Theatre.
As the grand finale to its 30th season and a highlight of the ''Shakespeare in Washington'' celebration, [[Folger Consort]] presented Henry Purcell's magical 1691 semi-opera based on [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|''A Midsummer Night's Dream'']] from April 13 to April 15, 2007. For this rare concert presentation of ''The Fairy Queen'', one of the composer's wittiest and most ravishing scores, the Consort assembled a period orchestra and a stellar cast of virtuoso voices in the Folger's [[Elizabethan Theatre]].
 
[[File:Sheet Music Folger Consort 2007.jpeg|350px|left|thumb|Sheet Music (Caccini, Pein d'amoroso affetto). Claire Duggan.]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


==Artists==
==Artists==
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*Robert Eisenstein: violin
*Robert Eisenstein: violin
*Christopher Kendall: theorbo
*Christopher Kendall: theorbo


===Guest artists===
===Guest artists===
====='''Soloists'''=====
===Voices: Soloists===
*Mark Bleeke: tenor  
*Mark Bleeke: tenor  
*Rosa Lamoreaux: soprano  
*Rosa Lamoreaux: soprano  
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*Drew Minter: countertenor  
*Drew Minter: countertenor  


====='''Special guests'''=====  
===Special guests===  
''With passages from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream''
''With passages from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream''
*Richard Clifford
*Richard Clifford
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*Lynn Redgrave  
*Lynn Redgrave  


====='''Chorus'''=====
===Voices: Chorus===
*Joellen Brassfield: soprano  
*Joellen Brassfield: soprano  
*Philip Cave: tenor  
*Philip Cave: tenor  
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*Robert McDonald: baritone  
*Robert McDonald: baritone  


====='''Orchestra'''=====  
===Orchestra===  
*Risa Browder: violin  
*Risa Browder: violin  
*Michael M. De Sapio: violin  
*Michael M. De Sapio: violin  
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==Staff==
==Staff==
*Richard Clifford, Stage Director
*Richard Clifford, Stage Director
== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
:File:Philip Cave Folger Consort.jpeg|Philip Cave
:File:Rosa Lamoreaux, Folger Consort.jpeg|Rosa Lamoreaux. Irene Young.
:File:Mark Bleeke Folger Consort 2007.jpeg|Mark Bleeke
</gallery>
[[Category: Public programs]]
[[Category: Folger Consort]]
[[Category: William Shakespeare's works]]
[[Category: Plays]]
[[Category: Comedies]]
[[Category: A Midsummer Night's Dream]]
[[Category: Shakespeare adaptations]]
[[Category: 16th century]]
[[Category: 17th century]]

Latest revision as of 15:21, 21 September 2014

As the grand finale to its 30th season and a highlight of the Shakespeare in Washington celebration, Folger Consort presented Henry Purcell's magical 1691 semi-opera based on A Midsummer Night's Dream from April 13 to April 15, 2007. For this rare concert presentation of The Fairy Queen, one of the composer's wittiest and most ravishing scores, the Consort assembled a period orchestra and a stellar cast of virtuoso voices in the Folger's Elizabethan Theatre.

Sheet Music (Caccini, Pein d'amoroso affetto). Claire Duggan.









Artists

Folger Consort

Artistic Directors

  • Robert Eisenstein: violin
  • Christopher Kendall: theorbo

Guest artists

Voices: Soloists

  • Mark Bleeke: tenor
  • Rosa Lamoreaux: soprano
  • Francois Loup: baritone
  • Drew Minter: countertenor

Special guests

With passages from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Richard Clifford
  • Sir Derek Jacobi
  • Lynn Redgrave

Voices: Chorus

  • Joellen Brassfield: soprano
  • Philip Cave: tenor
  • Barbara Hollinshead: mezzo soprano
  • Robert McDonald: baritone

Orchestra

  • Risa Browder: violin
  • Michael M. De Sapio: violin
  • Nina Falk: violin
  • June Huang: violin
  • Annie Loud: violin
  • Benjamin Van Vilet: violin
  • Mariana Renno Jelen: viola
  • Scott McCormick: viola
  • Sara Wetherbee: viola
  • Jodi Beder: cello
  • John Moran: cello
  • Tracy Mortimore: double bass
  • Marilyn Boeneau: bassoon
  • Stephen Bard: oboe
  • Sarah Weiner: oboe
  • Stanley Curtis: trumpet
  • Erika Schafer: trumpet
  • Webb Wiggins: harpsichord
  • Aubrey Adams: kettle drums

Staff

  • Richard Clifford, Stage Director

Image gallery

  • Philip Cave

    Philip Cave

  • Rosa Lamoreaux. Irene Young.

    Rosa Lamoreaux. Irene Young.

  • Mark Bleeke

    Mark Bleeke