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. 

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"