The Fairy Queen
From the Royal Albert Hall , London, in July. Purcell's lavish semi-opera is a spectacular reworking of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and contains some of the composer's most ethereal and sensual music. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Rebecca Outram , Mhairi Lawson , Julia Gooding and Susan Hemington-Jones (sopranos), Daniel Auchincloss , Charles Daniels and Mark Le Brocq (tenors), Peter Harvey and Jonathan Best (basses), Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh