Purcell's Fairy Queen, New London Consort, Philip Pickett, QEH
Purcell's Fairy Queen, New London Consort, Philip Pickett, QEH
Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/06/2011 - 18:56
Date:
Friday, 11 February, 2011 - 19:30
Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen
New London Consort
Philip Pickett conductor
Mauricio Garcia Lozano director
Isobel Dunhill costume designer, set designer
Ace McCarron lighting designer
Joanne Lunn soprano
Christopher Robson counter-tenor
Ed Lyon tenor
Michael George bass-baritone
Dana Marbach soprano
Faye Newton soprano
Timothy Travers-Brown counter-tenor
Joseph Cornwell tenor
Simon Grant bass-baritone
Artists from Circus Space London
Philip Pickett's iconoclastic approach, brilliant circus artists, star solo singers and mesmeric staging by brilliant Mexican director Mauricio García Lozano combine to convey all the fantasy and inextinguishable energy of Purcell's magical score. With a cast of Lovers, a Drunken Poet, Night, Mystery, Secrecy, Juno, Phoebus, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and Hymen.
Queen Elizabeth Hall at 6.15pm - The Fairy Queen Transform'd. Philip Pickett and Mauricio García Lozano talk about their new version of Purcell's score. Admission free.