The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College
presents
The Fairy Queen
by Henry Purcell
The Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College returns for its 10th year to present a semi-stated performance of The Fairy Queen. The most lavish of all the Restoration Spectaculars, it was first presented in 1692 at the Queen’s Theatre, formerly the Dorset Garden Theatre in London. The libretto was an anonymous adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The dances were by Josias Priest and the music was by Henry Purcell - “who joyns to the Delicacy and Beauty of the Italian way, the Graces and Gayety of the French..” - Peter Anthony Motteux the Gentlemen’s Journal, (1691)
Christa Patton, Artistic and Musical Director
Julianne Baird & Christina Kay, Baroque vocal style specialists
Dongmyung Ahn, Baroque string specialist
With
Michael Beattie, guest conductor
Peggy Murray, Baroque stage movement
Dorothy Olsson, historical dance
James Taylor, guest vocal specialist
&
The participants of the Baroque Opera Workshop at Queens College
Saturday, June 17, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
LeFrak Concert Hall
Aaron Copland School of Music Queens College CUNY
65-30 Kissena Blvd. Flushing, NY 11367
Tickets: $20 - $15 seniors and students