The Fairy Queen (2007)

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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.

Artists

Folger Consort

Artistic Directors

  • Robert Eisenstein: violin
  • Christopher Kendall: theorbo


Guest artists

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
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