Opera

Henry Purcell

The Fairy Queen

15 Nov, 25

Premiere at the Teatro Real

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Musical conductor
Lionel Meunier

Concept design
Emile Laywers

Orchestra
Vox Luminis

The Teatro Real presents The Fairy Queen, Henry Purcell's magical semi-opera, in a semi-staged concert version. This work, by the man considered to be the greatest English composer of Baroque music, was inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. It returns to the Teatro Real with the acclaimed choral group Vox Luminis.

Semi-opera in five acts

Music by Henry Purcell (1659-1695)

Libretto by John Dryden, after William Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1600)

Premiered at Queen’s Theatre, Dorset Garden (London) on 2 may 1692

Premiere at the Teatro Real

Semi-staged concert version

Artistic team

Conductor: Lionel Meunier

Concept, scenography, shadows: Emile Laywers

Dramaturgy: Isaline Claeys

Texts: Isaline Claeys and Simon Robson

Video: Mário Melo Costa and Emilie Lauwers

Lighting design: David Carney

Actor: Simon Robson

Cast

Sopranos
Amelia Berridge
Viola Blache
Erika Tandiono
Carine Tinney
Stefanie True
Zsuzsi Tóth

Altos
Helene Erben
Jan Kullmann
Vojtěch Semerád
Korneel Van Neste

Tenors
Olivier Berten
Rory Carver
Richard Pittsinger
Kieran White

Baritones
Hugo Herman-Wilson
Lionel Meunier
Sebastian Myrus
Lóránt Najbauer

Vox Luminis

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Synopsis and more information

The opera is based on the dream of a person who involves the audience in their experience. In it, Titania, queen of the fairies, also undergoes a change in her life due to dreaming. The action takes place in an enchanted forest dominated by the Moon and inhabited by fantasy creatures like fairies, elves, goblins, and nymphs. They seek universal harmony but see their magical world suddenly in danger. After the triumph of love and sanity, the original order returns and the cosmos is restored.

Cast

Sopranos Viola Blache, Gwendoline Blondeel, Erika Tandiono, Carinne Tinney, Stefanie True, Zsuzsi Tóth

Contraltos Jan Kullmann, Vojtech Semerád

Tenores Kieran White, Rory Carver

Bajos Marcus Farnsworth, Lóránt Najbauer, Sebastian Myrus

Performances

Date/hour
Space
Cast
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15 November 2025

19:00

Main Auditorium

Viola Blache, Gwendoline Blondeel, Erika Tandiono, Carinne Tinney, Stefanie True, Zsuzsi Tóth, Jan Kullmann, Vojtech Semerád, Kieran White, Rory Carver, Marcus Farnsworth, Lóránt Najbauer, Sebastian Myrus

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