A Midsummer Night’s Dream
‘Lord, what fools these mortals be!’
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Saturday 1 July, 5.05pm
Thursday 6 July, 5.05pm
Tuesday 11 July, 5.05pm
Sunday 16 July, 3.50pm
Saturday 22 July, 5.05pm
Thursday 27 July, 5.05pm
Sunday 30 July, 3.50pm
Saturday 5 August, 3.50pm
Tuesday 8 August, 3.50pm
Sunday 13 August, 3.50pm
Thursday 17 August, 3.50pm
Tuesday 22 August, 3.50pm
For performance timings and pricing please download a PDF version of the Festival 2023 performance schedule here.
About the opera
Hermia loves Lysander, but her father orders her to marry Demetrius. Helena loves Demetrius, but he only has eyes for Hermia…
In Shakespeare’s story of dreams and desires, four young lovers find themselves lost in a magical wood – playthings for the fairies who rule there. Inhibition gives way to exploration, as fantasy and reality collide over the course of one heady summer’s night.
An enchanted wood whispers and stirs, fairies sing their songs in moonlit choirs, a king and queen trade elegant insults and love blooms rich and strange in Benjamin Britten’s most bewitching score. Shakespeare’s comedy retains all of its charm in this witty, light-footed adaptation, but also gains new darkness in an intoxicating musical celebration of instinct and illicit desire. This may be a fairytale, but danger is never far away…
With its lavish costumes and magical, Arthur Rackham-inspired designs, Peter Hall’s production is a longstanding Festival favourite. Dalia Stasevska conducts.
A revival of the 1981 Festival production. Sung in English with supertitles.
Creative team
Conductor
Dalia Stasevska
Director
Peter Hall
Designer
John Bury
Choreographer
Lynne Hockney
Lighting Designer
Paul Pyant
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Trinity Boys Choir
Cast includes
Oberon
Tim Mead
Tytania
Liv Redpath
Soraya Mafi (22, 27, 30 July)
Demetrius
Samuel Dale Johnson
Hermia
Rachael Wilson
Lysander
Caspar Singh
Helena
Lauren Fagan
Bottom
Brandon Cedel
Quince
Henry Waddington
Flute
James Way
Snout
Alasdair Elliott
Snug
Patrick Guetti
Starveling
Alex Otterburn
Theseus
Dingle Yandell
Hippolyta
Rosie Aldridge
Photos
Photos: Robert Workman
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Illustration © Katie Ponder