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. Performed in English with English subtitles.

Cast/Performers

James Laing (Oberon), Daisy Brown (Tytania), Henry Waddington (Bottom), Camilla Harris (Helena), Joel Williams (Lysander), James Newby (Demetrius), Andri Bjorn Robertsson (Theseus), Molly Barker (Hippolyta)

Creatives/Company

Music: Benjamin Britten
Author: Shakespeare
Adapted by(s): Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears
Company: Opera North
Conductor: Garry Walker
Director: Martin Duncan
Design: Johan Engels
Costume: Ashley Martin-Davis
Lighting: Bruno Poet
Choreographer: Ben Wright