Organization

Singer

Baritone

Eric Lavoipierre

Starveling

Stage director

Sir Peter Hall

Conductor

Wolfgang Wengenroth

Countertenor

Christopher Ainslie

Oberon

Soprano

Elisabet Einarsdóttir

Tytania

Tenor

Nathan Haller

Lysander

Sebastian Durán

Demetrius

Mezzo-soprano

Tuva Semmingsen

Hermia

Sigrid Bøe

Helena

Bass

Eric Roos

Theseus

Maria Streijffert

Hippolyta

Bass-baritone

Zachary Altman

Bottom

Caspar Engdahl

Quince

Conny Thimander

Flute

Philip Christensson

Snug

Timothy Augustin

Snout

Lynne Hockney

Anja Bihlmaier

Lighting designer

Paul Pyant

Costume designer

Liz Bury

Choreographer

Lauren Poulton

Set designer

John Bury

Child vocalist

Ben Fletcher

Moth

Malmö Opera

Orchestra

Malmö Operaorkester

Others

Malmö Operas barnkör

Trinity Boys Choir

English

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Malmo

Sweden

A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten

Public

Swedish

Approved

A Midsummer Night’s Dream Malmö Opera

Äntligen! Peter Halls legendariska uppsättning av Benjamin Brittens En midsommarnattsdröm från operafestivalen Glyndebourne kommer till Malmö Opera.  Operan ...

The opera A Midsummer Night's Dream is based on Shakespeare's famous comedy of the same name. Benjamin Britten and his life partner, the singer Peter Pears, adapted Shakespeare's play and wrote the opera for the re-opening of the Aldeburgh Opera House in 1960. The first performance took place on 11 June, with Britten himself as conductor. Within a year it was performed all over Europe and became one of Britten's most popular operas. In Sweden, it was performed for the first time at the Royal Opera in Stockholm in 1962.  

Britten arranged the characters and the instruments according to a careful sound plan. All humans in the opera have traditional voice boxes, while the supernatural beings move in higher registers: the fairies are gossopranos, the fairy queen Tytania coloratura soprano, and the fairy king Oberon countertenor (male alto).   

Puck does not sing, but speaks rhythmically, and is usually played by a boy with acrobatic talent. A curiosity is that Britten got the idea for how Puck would be portrayed during a visit to Sweden, when he saw some child actors who were very clever and skilled mimes.

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Cast

Crew

Ensemble