Date/Time
Date(s) - 28/Jul/2019
Genre - Opera screening
Film screening from Festival d’Aix En Provence (2015)
Opera in three acts and four paintings. Libretto by the composer and
Peter Pears. Premiered on June 11, 1960 at Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh.
Oberon – Lawrence Zazzo
Tytania – Sandrine Piau
Puck – Miltos Yerolemou
Theseus – Scott Conner
Hippolyta – Allyson McHardy
Lysander – Rupert Charlesworth
Demetrius – John Chest
Hermia – Elizabeth DeShong
Helena – Layla Claire
Bottom – Brindley Sherratt
Quince – Henry Waddington
Flute – Michael Slattery
Snout – Christopher Gillett
Snug – Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Starveling – Simon Butteriss
Moth – Jérémie de Rijk
Mustardseed – Andrew Sinclair-Knopp
Cobweb – Benedict Hill
Peaseblossom – Lucas Pinto
Conductor – Kazushi Ono
Stage Director – Robert Carsen
Sets and Costumes – Michael Levine
Lighting Designer – Robert Carsen and Peter van Praet
Choreography – Matthew Bourne
Orchestra – Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon
Choir – Trinity Boys Choir
Choir Conductor – David Swinson
Language – English
Duration – 2h 26mins
Revival of the production of the Aix-en-Provence Festival (1991) and the Opéra National de Lyon, with the support of IFILAF, association of patrons of the Festival of Aix based in New York, the KT Wong Foundation is pleased to support the resumption of the Midsummer Night’s Dream in Aix and to present the first retransmission of this production in China.
In a forest near Athens, during the night of the solstice, the worlds mingle. There is the kingdom of fairies, troubled by the discord between King Oberon and Queen Tytania. But there are also four lovers caught in a desires crossover, and a group of artisans who came to rehearse a play away from the city. Thanks to the enchanted juice of a flower, the elf Puck causes confusion and interferes with all these characters. Following the dreamlike meanders of one of the most beloved plays of Shakespeare, Benjamin Britten writes a captivating opera, in which each world is differentiated by an ineffable musical material. For this lyrical masterpiece of the twentieth century, Robert Carsen created an enchanting show that made the beautiful evenings of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 1991 and 1992, before his leaving to conquer the world. He is back in the place where he was born, this courtyard of the l’Archevêché where the summer night is Provencal and the dream in the open sky.
