Fairy Queen - Purcell
Bury Court Opera - 2014
Surrey, UK
Director: Julia Burbach
Music Director: Simon Over
Designer: Naomi Dawson
Lighting Designer: Richard Howell
Assistant Director: Andrea Bernard
Soprano: Helen-Jane Howells
Soprano: Eloise Irving
Contralto: Lilly Papaioannou
Countertenor: John Lattimore
Countertenor: Magid El-Bushra
Tenor: David Webb
Baritone: Richard Latham
Bass: Aidan Smith
Chorus:
Magid El-Bushra
Flore Philis
Grace Carter
Olivia Martin
Rhys Cook
Bartolomeu Paes
Actor: Jon Shaw
…The motivation and precision of her cast is exceptional...
…It is a clever concept, and Burbach’s blocking mesmerising …
…filled with events, all relevant textually and emotionally…
If everything about this production is brilliant, the cast come near it too.
Artsdesk
