Details

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 surtitles projected above the stage.

Cast/Performers

Christopher Ainslie (Oberon), Soraya Mafi (Tytania), David Webb (Lysander), Clare Presland (Hermia), Matthew Durkan (Demetrius), Eleanor Dennis (Helena), Joshua Bloom (Bottom), Graeme Danby (Quince), Robert Murray (Flute), Jonathan Lemalu (Snug), Timothy Robinson (Snout), Simon Butteriss (Starveling), Andri Bjorn Robertsson (Theseus), Emma Carrington (Hippolyta)

Creatives/Company

Music: Benjamin Britten
Author: Shakespeare
Adapted by(s): Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears
Company: English National Opera
Conductor: Alexander Soddy
Director(s): Robert Carsen, Matthew Bourne (movement director)
Design: Michael Levine
Lighting(s): Robert Carsen, Peter van Praet