fairy queen fairy queen catalogue number semi opera restoration spectacular anonymous adaptation william_shakespeare wedding comedy night dream performed fairy queen composed years death age following death score lost rediscovered early twentieth century set shakespeare text music instead composed music short act play slightly keeping seventeenth century dramatic conventions main spoken text shakespeare wrote related play literally critics stated erroneously bear relationship play recent scholarship shown opera ends featuring god marriage actually composed fifteenth wedding anniversary william mary growing interest baroque music rise contributed work entry repertoire opera received length recordings 20th century including let popular pieces july celebration anniversary birth fairy queen performed new edition score prepared society original production fairy queen performed london author author presumably manager worked regularly belief based analysis stage directions collaboration feasible choreography dances provided worked king arthur associated letter describing original performance shows parts played children presumably played children affects perspective staging context analysis following huge success operas king arthur composed fairy queen second music played audience taking seats act tunes played acts curtain normally raised beginning performance lowered end act act short symphony minutes english tradition semi opera fairy queen belongs demanded music play introduced agency supernatural beings exception pastoral drunken characters fairy queen presented originally act contained music work enormous success revived added scene drunken poet songs later work gentle spirits air noted subtly related action play particular act way manner night sleep act act play consists plans use power love flower confuse loves appropriate figures secrecy mystery usher night act iii includes songs real love beings reconciliation end act final scene changes garden denoting king william hobby says lovers day seasons tell marriage celebrated good year round salute rising sun birthday king kings england traditionally likened sun william significantly william mary married birthday november chinese scene final homage queen mary famous collection china garden shown exotic animals bring king william picture song praise marriage plus stage direction bringing mary china containing william orange trees stage complete symbolism music written approached end brief career contains finest theatre music agreed generations particular great admirer arranged suite collaboration arranged work form new garden opera company postwar production shows excellent effect complete mastery english style baroque displaying absorption italian influences happy lovers echoing air entered singers outside original context orchestra fairy queen consists string instruments performance history following premature death opera remained popular eighteenth century score fairy queen lost rediscovered early twentieth century works like fell obscurity changing tastes reason voices employed difficult find list singers shows frequent employment male alto semi opera voice essentially vanished stage probably rise italian opera attendant romantic opera emerged attendant tenor early music revival male alto survived mainly ecclesiastical tradition male church twentieth century american vocal music fairy queen related movements growing interest baroque music rise led pioneers movement led performances long neglected composers complemented providing way making performances authentic possible regards original music composer intentions true appear replacements led fairy queen increased popularity numerous recordings period instruments format work presents problems modern directors decide present music original play uncut lengthy savage calculated length hours decision play usually taken resolution extent music text action entirely lost criticism production directed production released video year revived company bold approach taken staging time july months anniversary birth fairy queen performed new edition prepared society restored entire theatrical entertainment original pitch performance orchestra age enlightenment conducted repeated later month royal albert hall roles role originally performed soprano later revision stated performed woman habit presumably effect highlight refrain kissing dialogue entirely clear word means context record ambivalent tenor particularly high range lighter known descendants medieval career purely reasons dramatic likely role taken presence duet male let makes probable work employed list non singing characters night dream exception character cut synopsis plot play night dream synopsis scenes provided music given act scene set music occurs left following argument ownership little indian boy sing countryside come come come come let leave town drunken poet enters singing fill bowl led believe scene based habits thomas fun settle long thought error biography mock drunken poet drive away act begins ordered eyes love juice come sky night night mystery mystery song secrecy charming night sleep silent asleep leave pleasant dreams act fallen love equipped ass head sings pleasures love love sweet passion dances entertained loving act begins freed commencing brief celebrate birthday night let god cruel winter seasons spring grateful spring summer summer autumn coloured fields winter winter comes slowly act told lovers adventures wood begins goddess singing happy lovers followed woman sings known let chinese man woman enter singing songs world world happy free yes chinese women summon sings praise married bliss uniting wedding theme night dream celebration william mary anniversary recordings excerpts orchestra milan recording mentioned cover cds music chorus cds cds cds scholars baroque ensemble cds london cds emi classics sixteen cds cds cds classics orchestra cds abc classics new english voices cds brilliant classics video stage 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