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The fairy Azuriel is jealous of the long-dead Prince Albion, so Puck and Kenna stage a false awakening and wedding. They enlist sailor William Jelf as a substitute Albion and try to pair him with Joy, disrupting her love for Lieutenant Brook Green. After complications involving Jelf’s actual fiancée Nell, Azuriel accepts that Albion is dead, the fairies return home, Joy and Brook marry, and Jelf returns to sea.
Curious about human love, the fairies summon the mortal knights Ethais and Phyllon to Fairyland, where the sisters fall in love and become jealous. Selene, their queen, gives up her crown after being betrayed by Ethais, who returns to Earth without her. Once the men leave, the fairies acknowledge that they too can love and restore Selene as queen.
At Windsor during the May Day festival, Jill-All-Alone and Long Tom become entangled in court rivalries. Raleigh and Bessie Throckmorton love each other secretly, but their lost letter reaches Queen Elizabeth, who imprisons Bessie and banishes Raleigh. Jill helps Bessie escape, and the Queen ultimately lets them reunite, choosing Essex for herself.
Irish patriot Terence O’Brian returns to a village whose people have been forced to adopt English customs. Professor Bunn, hired by the English to teach elocution, switches sides and helps the rebels frighten away soldiers by staging a fairy haunting. After a second ruse and several romantic complications, Bunn persuades the Lord Lieutenant to pardon the rebels, and the couples are united.
A two-act salon opera for six soloists, set in an imaginary Anglo-Swiss republic.
Tom Jones, a foundling raised by Mr Allworthy, loves Sophia, whose father instead wants her to marry Blifil. False accusations and family conflict separate the couple, but they meet again in London. When Tom’s true parentage is revealed, Squire Western consents to their marriage.
The fairy Azuriel is jealous of the long-dead Prince Albion, so Puck and Kenna stage a false awakening and wedding. They enlist sailor William Jelf as a substitute Albion and try to pair him with Joy, disrupting her love for Lieutenant Brook Green. After complications involving Jelf’s actual fiancée Nell, Azuriel accepts that Albion is dead, the fairies return home, Joy and Brook marry, and Jelf returns to sea.
Curious about human love, the fairies summon the mortal knights Ethais and Phyllon to Fairyland, where the sisters fall in love and become jealous. Selene, their queen, gives up her crown after being betrayed by Ethais, who returns to Earth without her. Once the men leave, the fairies acknowledge that they too can love and restore Selene as queen.
At Windsor during the May Day festival, Jill-All-Alone and Long Tom become entangled in court rivalries. Raleigh and Bessie Throckmorton love each other secretly, but their lost letter reaches Queen Elizabeth, who imprisons Bessie and banishes Raleigh. Jill helps Bessie escape, and the Queen ultimately lets them reunite, choosing Essex for herself.
Irish patriot Terence O’Brian returns to a village whose people have been forced to adopt English customs. Professor Bunn, hired by the English to teach elocution, switches sides and helps the rebels frighten away soldiers by staging a fairy haunting. After a second ruse and several romantic complications, Bunn persuades the Lord Lieutenant to pardon the rebels, and the couples are united.
A two-act salon opera for six soloists, set in an imaginary Anglo-Swiss republic.
Tom Jones, a foundling raised by Mr Allworthy, loves Sophia, whose father instead wants her to marry Blifil. False accusations and family conflict separate the couple, but they meet again in London. When Tom’s true parentage is revealed, Squire Western consents to their marriage.