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Title:
The Fairy queen [videorecording] / an English National Opera production ; an RM Arts/ZDF-Arte co-production in association with Tevel Israel International Communication Ltd., TV Ontario ; music by Henry Purcell ; directed by David Pountney ; choreographed and staged by Quinny Sacks ; produced by Colin Wilson ; directed for television by Barrie Gavin.

Call Number:
782.1 PURCELL

Edition:
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.78:1).

Publication Information :
Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2000], c1995.

Physical Description:
1 videodisc (133 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:
Opera based on Shakespeare's play, A midsummer night's dream.
Ed. recorded: King's Music.

Creation/Production Credits:
Camera, J.J. Johnson ... [et al.] ; editor, Stephen Eveleigh ; musical edition, Clifford Bartlett ; set design, Robert Israel ; costumes, Dunya Ramicova ; lighting, Rick Fisher.

Performer(s):
Yvonne Kenny (Titania) ; Thomas Randle (Oberon) ; Simon Rice (Puck) ; Richard Van Allan (Theseus/Hymen) ; Arthur Pita (Indian boy) ; Orchestra and Chorus of the English National Opera ; Nicolas Kok, conductor.

Date:
Filmed 1995 in the London Coliseum.

Summary:
"The tale is a joyful fusion of music, dance and comedy which brings alive the splendour of the Baroque for a modern audience."--Container.

Subject Term:
Operas.
Masques with music.

Genre Subject Term:
DVDs.

Added Author:
Pountney, David.
Sacks, Quinny.
Wilson, Colin.
Gavin, Barrie.
Kenny, Yvonne.
Randle, Thomas.
Rice, Simon.
Van Allan, Richard.
Pita, Arthur.
Kok, Nicholas.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Fairy queen.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Added Author:
English National Opera.
RM Arts (Firm)
Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
Arte (Firm)
Tevel Israel International Communications.
TVOntario.
Image Entertainment (Firm)