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Vox Luminis

Purcells prima donna: The Fairy Queen 

Vox Luminis

Purcell's prima donna: The Fairy Queen 
‘As if it had been written especially for them,’ the press cheered about The Fairy Queen à la Vox. For his pioneering semi-opera, Henry Purcell used a text by that other English luminary, William Shakespeare. The result - a fairy tale in which nothing is what it seems - is inhabited by shadow puppets in Isaline Claeys' staging. Scenographer Emilie Lauwers and videographer Mário Melo Costa make the enchantment of this Baroque highlight complete.

Tournees 2024/2025

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Thu 20 feb 2025 / 20:15 - The Hague, Amare, Concertzaal
Fri 21 feb 2025 / 20:15 - Eindhoven, Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, Grote Zaal
Sat 22 feb 2025 / 20:15 - Utrecht, TivoliVredenburg, Grote Zaal
Sun 23 feb 2025 / 19:30 - Amsterdam, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ,  Grote Zaal

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About the performers

The Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis, consisting of a very international cast of soloists, focuses on vocal music written between the 16th and 18th centuries. Most of the group met at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. The ensemble operates independently but also collaborates with instrumental groups such as Les Muffatti. They have won Gramophone's Choral category in 2019 with Ensemble Masques and Oliver Fortin for their recording of Buxtehude’s Abendmusiken on the Alpha Classics label. Vox Luminis was artist in residence during the Utrecht Early Music Festival of 2015.

Programme & Musicians

Soprano: Viola Blache, Erika Tandiono, Carine Tinney, Zsuzsi Tóth, Stefanie True, Caroline Weynants
Alto: Helene Erben, Jan Kullmann, Vojtěch Semerád, Korneel van Neste
Tenor: Olivier Berten, Hugo Hymas, Jacob Lawrence, Kieran White
Bass: Marcus Farnsworth, Sebastian Myrus, Lóránt Najbauer

Simon Robson narrator
Tuomo Suni, Antina Hugosson, Jacek Kurzydlo violin I
Cynthia Freivogel, Birgit Goris, Jorlen Vega violin II
Johannes Frisch, Annemarie Kosten Dür, Wendy Ruymen viola
Ronan Kernoa, Edouard Catalan, Octavie Dostaler-Lalonde bass violin
Benoît Vanden Bemden violone
Jasu Moiso, Gustav Friedrichson, Armin Köbler oboe
Anaïs Ramage bassoon, recorder
Rudolf Lörinc, Moritz Görg trumpet
Marianna Soroka percussion
Anthony Romaniuk harpsichord, organ
Justin Glaie, Simon Linné theorbo, guitar, lute

Lionel Meunier bass, recorder, artistic direction

Henry Purcell 1659-1695
The Fairy-Queen (1692)
libretto: anonymous, after William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream

Programme subject to change

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