Roger Norrington: Purcell The Fairy Queen (L.Hunt, R.Wistreich)
Labels: Lorraine Hunt, Opera, P, Purcell, Richard Wistreich, Roger NorringtonPurcell: Z 629/12. I am come to lock all fast (The Fairy Queen) - Hunt (Norrington)
Dramatic opera in five acts
Text: Anonymous, after William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (c.1595)
Music: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
First performance: 2 May 1692, in London (Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden)
Lorraine Hunt, soprano
The London Classical Players
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Recorded in November 1993
Purcell: Z 629/4. Come let us leave the town (The Fairy Queen) - Hunt, Wistreich (Norrington)
Lorraine Hunt, soprano
Richard Wistreich, bass
The London Classical Players,
Conductor: Roger Norrington