The Fairy Queen

Opera in five acts

edited by Michael Burden

Edition: Performance material

Series: The Fairy Queen

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Orchestral Cast

2 treble recorders. 2 oboes - 2 trumpets - timpani / kettle drums - strings (violin 1, violin 2, viola, bass [violoncello / double bass / lute etc.])

Cast

Spoken Parts: The Mortals - The Fairies - The Comedians
Vocal Parts:
Act I: Fairy 2, 4 & 5 · 3 sopranos - Fairy 3 · bass - Poet · baritone
Act II: Fairy 2 · soprano - Fairy 6 · alto - Fairy 7 · tenor - Night · soprano - Mystery · soprano - Secrecy · alto - Sleep · bass
Act III: Dryade 1 & 2 · 2 sopranos - Naiade 1 · soprano - Naiade 2 · alto - Coridon · bass - Mopsa · alto - Fairy 6 · alto
Act IV: Attendant 1 · soprano - Attendant 2 & 3 · alto - Phoebus · tenor - Spring · soprano - Summer · alto - Autumn · tenor - Winter · bass
Act V: Juno · soprano - Fairy 2 · soprano - Chinese man · alto - Chinese woman · soprano - 2 Women · 2 sopranos - Hymen · bass
The solo parts can be doubled between acts. Each act also requires a chorus of SATB, which in performance may include the listed solo parts.
Dancing Parts: Fairies - Followers of Night - Four Savages - Haymakers - Followers of the Four Seasons - Six Monkeys - solo Chinese man - solo Chinese woman - Twenty Four Chineses

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Title:

The Fairy Queen

Opera in five acts

edited by Michael Burden

Language:

English

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

1692

Duration:

130 ′

World Premiere:

May 2, 1692 · London (UK)
Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden

Choreography: Josias Priest
Organizer: United Company

Series:

The Fairy Queen

Technical Details

Product number:

LSL 10230-01