Performance

Venue	Royal Albert Hall
	Also: Elgar Room
Town	Inner London
County	Greater London
From	10th September 2024
To	10th September 2024
When	19:00
Royal Albert Hall (V221)
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Date of change: 23 May 24 - T1303461826

Prom 68 - Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Work:: Prom 68 (S6005)

Part of the BBC Proms.

Production:: Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (T1303461826)

Garsington Opera makes its Proms debut with Britten's most successful operatic export after Peter Grimes. In his night-scented adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten leads his audience into a dream world, unravelling the nature of human interaction and love as he goes. Expect a force field of enchantment to fill the Royal Albert Hall in this semi-staged performance from one of Britain's most distinguished opera companies. There will be an interval.

Performer	Iestyn Davies (Oberon)
Performer	Lucy Crowe (Tytania)
Performer	Richard Burkhard (Bottom)
Performer	Caspar Singh (Lysander)
Performer	James Newby (Demetrius)
Performer	Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Hermia)
Performer	Camilla Harris (Helena)
Performer	Nicholas Crawley (Theseus)
Performer	Christine Rice (Hippolyta)
Performer	John Savournin (Quince)
Performer	Frazer Scott (Snug)
Performer	James Way (Flute)
Performer	Geoffrey Dolton (Starveling)
Performer	Adam Sullivan (Snout)
Performer	Jerone Marsh-Reid (Puck)
Company	Garsington Opera
Company	Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor	Douglas Boyd

Listing:: L1013330021

Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Garsington Opera makes its Proms debut with Britten's most successful operatic export after Peter Grimes. In his night-scented adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Britten leads his audience into a dream world, unravelling the nature of human interaction and love as he goes. Expect a force field of enchantment to fill the Royal Albert Hall in this semi-staged performance from one of Britain's most distinguished opera companies. There will be an interval.

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