BBC Proms - 2009 - Prom 07: Purcell's The Fairy Queen - Acts 1-3

Francesca Gilpin directs a semi-staged production of Purcell's The Fairy Queen, based on the original production for Glyndebourne by Jonathan Kent. Adapted from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Purcell's most lavish theatre score takes the form of a series of fantastical masques presented for the entertainment of Titania, Oberon and their fairy court. Purcell: The Fairy Queen (Acts 1-3) Carolyn Sampson, Lucy Crowe, Claire Debono, Anna Devin (sopranos) Sean Clayton, Ed Lyon, Adrian Ward (tenors) Andrew Foster-Williams (bass-baritone) Lukas Kargl (baritone) Drunken Poet/Bottom ...... Desmond Barrit Puck ...... Jotham Annan Oberon ...... Joseph Millson Titania ...... Sally Dexter Egeus ...... Terrence Hardiman Theseus ...... William Gaunt Quince ...... Paul McCleary Snug ...... Brian Pettifer Mopsa/Flute ...... Robert Burt Snout ...... Jack Chissick Starveling ...... Roger Sloman Lysander ...... Oliver Kieran-Jones Helena ...... Helen Bradbury Hermia ...... Susannah Wise Demetrius ...... Oliver Le Sueur Director ...... Francesca Gilpin Glyndebourne Chorus Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment William Christie (conductor).