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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Curt Appelgren (Bottom); James Bowman (Oberon); Felicity Lott (Helena); Damien Nash (Puck); Lieuwe Visser (Theseus); Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania); Cynthia Buchan (Hermia); Roger Bryson (Quince); Patrick Power (Flute); Ryland Davies (Lysander)
Glyndebourne’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is pure magic. Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare’s play, the opera follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of naïve rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck midsummer night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarrelling king and queen of the fairies.
In Peter Hall’s remarkable staging, the very wood comes alive as logs and trees move and rustle, creating ambiguous silhouettes in the dark mysterious woodland, lit only by designer John Bury’s wonderful rising sun and moon.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2023
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 4:3
Subtitles:
Catalogue Number: OA1373D
Conductor(s):
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink
Artist(s):
Curt Appelgren; James Bowman; Felicity Lott; Damien Nash; Lieuwe Visser; Ileana Cotrubas; Cynthia Buchan; Roger Bryson; Patrick Power; Ryland Davies; Bernard Haitink
Curt Appelgren; James Bowman; Felicity Lott; Damien Nash; Lieuwe Visser; Ileana Cotrubas; Cynthia Buchan; Roger Bryson; Patrick Power; Ryland Davies; Bernard Haitink
"The perfect Britten opera for this Sussex countryside setting" (The Times)
"Hall manages the occasional moments of uncertainty with a sure hand… the orchestral playing under Barnard Haitink is another of the real wonders of this performance " (Musicweb International)
"Peter Hall’s 1981 Glyndebourne production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been regarded by many as the definitive staging of the work." (The Guardian)
"Hall manages the occasional moments of uncertainty with a sure hand… the orchestral playing under Barnard Haitink is another of the real wonders of this performance " (Musicweb International)
"Peter Hall’s 1981 Glyndebourne production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been regarded by many as the definitive staging of the work." (The Guardian)
Curt Appelgren (Bottom); James Bowman (Oberon); Felicity Lott (Helena); Damien Nash (Puck); Lieuwe Visser (Theseus); Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania); Cynthia Buchan (Hermia); Roger Bryson (Quince); Patrick Power (Flute); Ryland Davies (Lysander)
Glyndebourne’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream is pure magic. Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare’s play, the opera follows the adventures of four lovers and a group of naïve rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck midsummer night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarrelling king and queen of the fairies.
In Peter Hall’s remarkable staging, the very wood comes alive as logs and trees move and rustle, creating ambiguous silhouettes in the dark mysterious woodland, lit only by designer John Bury’s wonderful rising sun and moon.
DVD
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 01/08/2023
Sound Formats:
Ratio: 4:3
Subtitles:
Catalogue Number: OA1373D
Conductor(s):
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink
Artist(s):
Curt Appelgren; James Bowman; Felicity Lott; Damien Nash; Lieuwe Visser; Ileana Cotrubas; Cynthia Buchan; Roger Bryson; Patrick Power; Ryland Davies; Bernard Haitink
Curt Appelgren; James Bowman; Felicity Lott; Damien Nash; Lieuwe Visser; Ileana Cotrubas; Cynthia Buchan; Roger Bryson; Patrick Power; Ryland Davies; Bernard Haitink
"The perfect Britten opera for this Sussex countryside setting" (The Times)
"Hall manages the occasional moments of uncertainty with a sure hand… the orchestral playing under Barnard Haitink is another of the real wonders of this performance " (Musicweb International)
"Peter Hall’s 1981 Glyndebourne production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been regarded by many as the definitive staging of the work." (The Guardian)
"Hall manages the occasional moments of uncertainty with a sure hand… the orchestral playing under Barnard Haitink is another of the real wonders of this performance " (Musicweb International)
"Peter Hall’s 1981 Glyndebourne production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has long been regarded by many as the definitive staging of the work." (The Guardian)
