The Fairy Queen (2007)

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.

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