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Work: The Fairy Queen Z 629: excerpts

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ComposerPurcell, Henry (1659-1695)
PeriodBaroque
Work typeOrchestral
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LondonThe Night Shift at The Old Queen’s Head… once more

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Purcell, Handel, Geminiani
Soloists from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Alexandra Bellamy; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Andrew Skidmore
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A tender Shakespeare-inspired curio from English Touring Opera

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ETO kicks off its spring season with What Dreams May Come, a strange and moving staging of songs inspired by William Shakespeare.
***11
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Purcell meets panto in a spritely night with the OAE

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The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment brings midsummer magic to the QEH, with a wholesome, community opera. 
****1
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Baroque brilliance brought to life by Richard Egarr

This concert of Purcell and Handel was as theatrically engaging as anything you'd find in an opera house.
*****
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