What you'll hear and see
The music
- Henry Purcell The Fairy Queen
The artists
- Les Arts Florissants
- William Christie direction
- Paulina Francisco soprano
- Georgia Burashko mezzo soprano
- Rebecca Leggett mezzo soprano
- Juliette Mey mezzo soprano
- Rodrigo Carreto tenor
- Ilja Aksionov tenor
- Hugo Herman-Wilson baritone
- Benjamin Schilperoort bass-baritone
- Compagnie Käfig Dancer
- Samuel Florimond Dancer
- Anahi Passi Dancer
- Alary Ravin Dancer
- Daniel Saad Dancer
- Timothée Zig Dancer
- Mourad Merzouki mise en scène, Choreographer
- Rémi Autechaud assistance à la chorégraphie
- Claire Schirck Costume Designer
- Fabrice Sarcy Lighting
- Sophie Daneman conseils linguistiques
The Fairy Queen – loosely based on William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – is about the confusion arising when gods, elves, young lovebirds and oafish craftsmen share the stage. Henry Purcell classified his work as a semi-opera, leaving plenty of room for dance in so-called masques. Les Arts Florissants and William Christie have therefore teamed up with Mourad Merzouki’s Compagnie Käfig to give Purcell’s baroque sounds a special twist, drawing on the dance company’s urban-inspired choreographic idiom.
Tickets
- Cat. I 65 €
- Cat. II 45 €
- Cat. III 30 €
Kulturpass welcome
Details
- Date Thursday 09.11.23
- Time 19:30
- Duration 140
- Venue Grand Auditorium
- Subscription Voyage dans le temps
Experience the concert as a part of the subscription: Voyage dans le temps
How about a bit of time-travel? This series is full of baroque and early music gems.