| Label: OPUS ARTE
Catalog: OA1031D
Format: DVD Lucy Crowe: Juno/Mystery, Claire Debono: Spring/First Fairy, Anna Devin: Second Fairy, Helen-Jane Howells: Eve, Carolyn Sampson: Night, Robert Burt: Mopsa, Sean Clayton: Summer, Ed Lyon: Secrecy/Adam, Adrian Ward: Autumn, Lukas Karg: Phœbus, Desmond Barrit: Drunken Poet, Andrew Foster-Williams: Winter/Sleep/Coridon/HymenPurcell: The Fairy Queen 2010 Gramophone Award Winner: Best DVD Performance
Gramophone DVD of the Month - October 2010
Jonathan Kent’s spectacular production of Purcell’s huge semi-opera is joyous, imaginative and witty. Glyndebourne, with its intimate auditorium, provides the perfect setting for a drama which is partly spoken and partly sung. Based on an adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the story is lavished with a brilliance that justifies this production’s acclaim. Paul Brown’s inventive designs, Kim Brandstrup’s exquisite choreography, an excellent cast of actors and singers and outstanding playing by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under William Christie combine to make a seamless theatrical experience, here recorded in High Definition and true surround sound.  Price: $57.98 |
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