A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tour synopsis, cast & creatives

An operatic version of Shakespeare's fantasy play. With great skill and sensitivity, Britten presents the play as a charming opera, retaining the serene magic of the forest, the distress of the lovers, Puck's mischief, and Bottom's lamentably amateur theatre company. Sung in English with English supertitles

Cast/Performers

Iestyn Davies (Oberon), Lucy Crowe (Tytania), Richard Burkhard (Bottom), Caspar Singh (Lysander), James Newby (Demetrius), Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Hermia), Camilla Harris (Helena), Nicholas Crawley (Theseus), Christine Rice (Hippolyta), John Savournin (Quince), Frazer Scott (Snug), Geoffrey Dolton (Starveling)

Creatives/Company

Music: Benjamin Britten
Author: Shakespeare
Adapted by(s): Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears
Producer: Garsington Opera
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Director(s): Netia Jones, Christian Sordelet (fight)
Design: Netia Jones
Lighting: D M Wood