Fairy Queen, The
Fairy Queen, The. Semi-opera, but really a succession of masques, by Purcell in prol. and 5 acts, to lib. (by E. Settle?) based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (which is not quoted). Prod. London 1692, London 1911 (Morley Coll., cond. Holst), Cambridge (stage) 1920, S. Francisco 1932. Score was lost by 1700 but a partly autograph full score was found in library of RAM, 1901. First work staged at CG after World War II.
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