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 design: Emile Laywers

Set and lighting design: David Carney

Video: Mário Melo Costa

Dramaturgy: Isaline Claeys

Cast

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

Contraltos
Jan Kullmann
Vojtech Semerád

Tenors
Kieran White
Rory Carver

Countertenors
Jan Kullmann
Vojtech Semerád

Baritones
Marcus Farnworth
Lóránt Najbauer
Sebastian Myrus

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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