Opera

Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Opéra de Lille

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Casting

  • Orchestre National de Lille
  • Jeune Chœur des Hauts-de-France
  • Guillaume Tourniaire (Conductor)
  • Laurent Pelly (Stage Direction)
  • Nils Wanderer (Countertenor) : Oberon
  • Marie-Eve Munger (Soprano) : Tytania
  • David Portillo (Tenor) : Lysander
  • Antoinette Dennefeld (Mezzo-soprano) : Hermia
  • Charles Rice (Baritone) : Demetrius
  • Louise Kemény (Soprano) : Helena
  • Dominic Barberi (Bass) : Bottom
  • Charlotte Dumartheray (Performer) : Puck
  • Gwilym Bowen (Tenor) : Flute
  • David Ireland (Baritone) : Quince
  • Thibault de Damas (Baritone) : Snug
  • Dean Power (Tenor) : Snout
  • Kamil Ben Hsain Lachiri (Baritone) : Starveling
  • Tomislav Lavoie (Bass) : Theseus
  • Clare Presland (Mezzo-soprano) : Hippolyta

Program

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears after William Shakespeare’s play
First performance at the Aldeburgh Festival, 11 June 1960

Subtitles available for this program with your remote control

Recording: May 22 2022 - Opéra de Lille
Director: Olivier Simmonet
Duration: 02:43

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