Purcell’s The Fairy Queen

‘It’s as if it was written for them,’ the press raved about The Fairy Queen à la Vox. For his pioneering semi-opera, Henry Purcell turned to the words of that other English giant, William Shakespeare. The result? A fairy tale in which nothing is what it seems in a production populated by shadow puppets. The work of set designer Lauwers and videographer Mário Melo Costa add to the creation of an enchanting experience for the audience.

Purcell distributed the vocal parts over a large number of soloists, resulting in a multitude of voices that populate this world of illusion and suggestion. The sparkling voices of the ensemble resound between the shadow puppets, like visions between the material and immaterial worlds.