The Fairy-Queen

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The Fairy-Queen is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell, composed as a series of masques loosely based on Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and noted for its rich Baroque music and elaborate stage spectacle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf masque cycle
semi-opera
stage work
associatedWithTheatreCompany United Company NERFINISHED
basedOn A Midsummer Night’s Dream NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkBy William Shakespeare NERFINISHED
catalogueNumber Z.629
composer Henry Purcell NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
era late 17th century
firstPublicationDate 1692
genre Baroque music
semi-opera
hasPart arias
choruses
dances
masque of Hymen NERFINISHED
masque of Night and Sleep NERFINISHED
masque of the Chinese garden
masque of the drunken poet
masque of the four seasons
masque of the green men NERFINISHED
masque of the monkeys
masque of the seasons NERFINISHED
overture
symphony
historicalContext Restoration theatre
language English
notedFor elaborate stage spectacle
rich Baroque orchestration
vivid character pieces
period Baroque
premiereDate 1692
premierePlace London NERFINISHED
premiereTheatre Queen’s Theatre, Dorset Garden NERFINISHED
relatedWork Dido and Aeneas NERFINISHED
King Arthur NERFINISHED
requires chorus
dancers
elaborate stage machinery
orchestra
singers
revisedVersionDate 1693
structure series of masques
style Restoration semi-opera
subject fairies
love and enchantment
mythology

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Henry Purcell notableWork The Fairy-Queen