'A riotously funny, ravishingly intelligent staging of Fairy Queen' Paul Riley
Purcell
The Fairy Queen plus interviews with William Christie and Jonathan Kent
Lucy Crowe, Carolyn Sampson, Ed Lyon, Andrew Foster-Williams, Sally Dexter, Joseph Millson, Desmond Barrit; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; The Glyndebourne Chorus/William Christie; dir. Jonathan Kent (Glyndebourne, 2009)
Opus Arte OA 1031 D (NTSC system; DTS 5.1; 16:9 picture format) 230 mins (2 discs)
For a full review, take a look at the November issue of BBC Music Magazine