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The Fairy Queen-4 December 1994 Evening

Performance details

Company: English Bach Festival
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Howard Williams
Leader Christopher Hirons
Cast
ACT I
Prelude
Jig
Duet
'Come let us leave the town' 		Anne O'Neill
Duet
'Come let us leave the town' 		David Mattinson
Drunken Poet Roger Langford
First Fairy Jacqueline Barron
Second Fairy Giselle Minns
ACT II
Air
Air
Fairy
'Come all ye songsters' 		Darren Fox
Trio
'May the God of wit inspire' 		Nicholas Clapton
Trio
'May the God of wit inspire' 		Robert Challenger
Trio
'May the God of wit inspire' 		John Hancorn
Fairy
'Sing while we trip it' 		Giselle Minns
Night
'See even Night' 		Jennifer Smith
Mystery
'I am come' 		Fiona Rose
Secrecy
'One charming night' 		Nicholas Clapton
Sleep
'Hush no more' 		David Mattinson
ACT III
Air
Hornpipe
Nymph
'If love's a sweet passion' 		Jennifer Smith
Nymph
'Ye gentle spirits of the air' 		Jennifer Smith
Dialogue - Coridon Roger Langford
Dialogue - Mopsa Robert Challenger
Nymph
'When i have often heard' 		Jacqueline Barron
Shepherd
'A thousand, thousand ways' 		Michael Preston-Roberts
ACT IV
Rondeau
Prelude
Rondeau
Attendant of Seasons
'Now the night' 		Fiona Rose
Duet
'Let the fifes and the clarions' 		Robert Challenger
Duet
'Let the fifes and the clarions' 		Michael Preston-Roberts
Phoebus
'When the cruel Winter' 		Peter Evans
Spring Jacqueline Barron
Summer Nicholas Clapton
Autumn Angus Smith
Winter John Hancorn
ACT V
Hornpipe
Juno
'Thrice happy lovers' 		Jennifer Smith
Chinese man
'Thus the gloomy world' 		Peter Evans
Chinese Woman
'Thus happy and free' 		Giselle Minns
Chinese Man
'Yes Xansi' 		Peter Evans
First Woman
'Hark how all things' 		Fiona Rose
Second Woman
'Hark! The echoing air' 		Jennifer Smith
First Woman
'Sure the dull God' 		Fiona Rose
Third Woman
'Sure the dull God' 		Jacqueline Barron
Hymen
'See I obey' 		David Mattinson
First Woman
'Turn then thine eyes' 		Fiona Rose
Third Woman
'Turn then thine eyes' 		Jacqueline Barron
English Bach Festival Baroque Orchestra
Language: English
Information source: English Bach Festival programme for 4 December 1994 (in Royal Opera House Collections)