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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Purcell: The Fairy Queen, excerpts (6)

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  1. If love's a sweet passion/Why does it torment.....

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  2. This is quite a little eccentric opera. Actually, it is, strictly speaking, a semi-opera. It is adapted from William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night's Dream." I particularly enjoyed the dancing by the three men, presumably fairies. Why were the subtitles in French? Anyway, Jim, I think that you must be a fixture in "The Fairy Queen" and you are tormented and confused by the "love in idleness" flower. Hang in there...

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