Name: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Start: 2023-07-01T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Glyndebourne

Organization

Singer

Bass

Andri Björn Róbertsson

Quince

Conductor

Dalia Stasevska

Stage director

Sir Peter Hall

Set designer

John Bury

Costume designer

Choreographer

Lynne Hockney

Lighting designer

Paul Pyant

Countertenor

Tim Mead

Oberon

Soprano

Liv Redpath

Tytania

Soraya Mafi

Baritone

Samuel Dale Johnson

Demetrius

Mezzo-soprano

Rachael Wilson

Hermia

Tenor

Caspar Singh

Lysander

Lauren Fagan

Helena

Bass-baritone

Brandon Cedel

Bottom

Henry Waddington

James Way

Flute

Alasdair Elliott

Snout

Patrick Guetti

Snug

Alex Otterburn

Starveling

Dingle Yandell

Theseus

Rosie Aldridge

Hippolyta

Child vocalist

Ben Fletcher

Cobweb

Arlo Murray

Peaseblossom

Benjy Gilbert

Mustardseed

Freddie Balcombe

Moth

Spoken

Oliver Barlow

Puck

Sebastian Selwood

Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Glyndebourne

English

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lewes

United Kingdom

Glyndebourne Festival

Main Stage

Public

Approved

A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten

Meet the two young performers who are playing Puck in our Festival 2023 production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. They share some of the backstage secrets that help them soar across the stage, as if by magic.

Hermia loves Lysander, but her father orders her to marry Demetrius. Helena loves Demetrius, but he only has eyes for Hermia…

In Shakespeare’s story of dreams and desires, four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical wood – playthings for the fairies who rule there. Inhibition gives way to exploration, as fantasy and reality collide over the course of one heady summer’s night.

An enchanted wood whispers and stirs, fairies sing their songs in moonlit choirs, a king and queen trade elegant insults and love blooms rich and strange in Benjamin Britten’s most bewitching score. Shakespeare’s comedy retains all of its charm in this witty, light-footed adaptation, but also gains new darkness in an intoxicating musical celebration of instinct and illicit desire. This may be a fairytale, but danger is never far away…

With its lavish costumes and magical, Arthur Rackham-inspired designs, Peter Hall’s production is a longstanding Festival favourite. Dalia Stasevska conducts.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten, From (2023/2023), Directed by Sir Peter Hall,, Conductor Dalia Stasevska, Glyndebourne, Lewes, United Kingdom

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