In October 2020 we staged an abridged production of Purcell's Fairy Queen with an original script written and edited by directors Ella Coddington and Kris Sergi. We were originally slated to perform the production in April of the same year, however, the Covid-19 shutdown meant that it was unsafe to perform and we had to postpone the performance. A concert performance of our rendition of Purcell's opera occurred in Vebrugghen Hall at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
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Cast Titania : Georgia Cooper
Oberon: Kristina Sergi Bottom, Drunken Poet, Coridon: Ziggy Harris Puck, Winter, Hymen II: Matthew Hilberts Fairy I, Attendant, Woman I: Galatea Kneath Fairy I, Spring, Woman II: Josephine Brereton Night, Juno: Ella Coddington Secrecy, Summer, Mopsa: Ellena Hicks Mystery: Natasha Gesto Sleep, Hymen I: Jackson Tuynman Autumn: Molly Ryan Nymph: Maddie Maronese Phoebus: Cassandra Doyle Chorus: Amelia Bland Understudies: Isabella Piggott, Hannah Burton, Brea Holland |
Orchestra |
Production Team |
Conductor: Jack Peggie
Pianist: Jamie-Lee Xu Pianist: Jessica Lee Rehearsal Pianist: Julia Nie Violin I: Alex Patterson Violin II: James Parbery Viola: Caitlin Duncombe Cello: Sophie Funston Guitar: Riley Glen |
Co-Director, Script Writer and Music Selection: Ella Coddington
Co-Director and Script Writer: Kristina Sergi Music Director: Jack Peggie Choral Director: Josephine Brereton Score Preparation: Riley Glen Photography: Cassandra Doyle |
Program"Scene of the Drunken Poet" Masque of the Night "See, even Night herself is here" "I am come to lock all fast" "One charming night" "Hush no more" "Now the Night" Masque of the Seasons "When a Cruel Long Winter" "Thus the evergrateful Spring" "Here’s the Summer, sprightly, gay" "See my many coloured fields" "Now Winter comes slowly... Hail Great Parent" Finale "Dialogue between Coridon and Mopsa" "The Plaint" "When I have Often Heard" "Thus the Gloomy World" "Thus Happy and Free" "Thrice Happy Lovers" "Sure the Dull God" "See I Obey" "Turn Thine Eyes" "My Torch Indeed" "They shall be as happy" |