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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, the [[Folger Consort]] presented Henry Purcell's magical 1691 semi-opera based on [[A Midsummer Night's Dream|''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 Folger's [[Elizabethan Theatre]].


==Artists==
==Artists==
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===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  

Revision as of 10:31, 13 June 2014

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 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