Purcell: The Fairy Queen

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 the drama which is partly spoken and partly sun. Based on an adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream,

Cast: Lucy Crowe, Carolyn Sampson, Ed Lyon, Andrew Foster-Williams, Desmond Barrit, William Christie

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.