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Work type: Concert.

Purcell's The Fairy Queen - T0355880831

After critically acclaimed runs in New York, Paris and around the world, Mourad Merzouki's staging of Purcell's The Fairy Queen comes to the Proms. Expression and spontaneity characterise both Merzouki's hip hop-derived dance and Purcell's musical score from 1692, a series of allegorical celebrations of young love based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Goblins and elves meet street dance as soloists from Le Jardin des Voix (the vocal academy run by Les Arts Florissants) and dancers from Merzouki's troupe combine in this moving and imaginative meeting of genres. There will be an interval.Performer Pauline Francisco (soprano). Performer Georgia Burashko (mezzo-soprano). Performer Rebecca Leggett (mezzo soprano). Performer Juliette Mey (mezzo-soprano). Performer Rodrigo Carreto (tenor). Performer Ilja Aksionov (tenor). Performer Hugo Herman-Wilson (baritone). Performer Benjamin Schilperoort (bass-baritone). Company Compagnie Kafig. Company Les Arts Florissants. Conductor Paul Agnew. Director Mourad Merzouki (and choreographer).

6 Aug 24

Royal Albert Hall, Inner London :: V221
listing details L0782548352

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