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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet TheatreA. Vienuolio g. 1, Vilnius, 01104, Litauen
Datum/Zeit in Vilnius Zeitzone
Freitag 19 Februar 202718:30
Samstag 20 Februar 202718:30
Sonntag 21 Februar 202718:00
Dienstag 23 Februar 202718:30
Programm
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)Ein SommernachtstraumLibretto von Peter Pears after Shakespeare
Darsteller
Lithuanian National Opera
Raimonda SkabeikaitėMusikalische Leitung2027 Feb 19, 21
Julius GeniušasMusikalische Leitung2027 Feb 20, 23
Gintaras VarnasRegie
Vytautas NarbutasBühnenbild
Juozas StatkevičiusKostüme
Eugenijus SabaliauskasLicht
Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
Martynas StakionisDirektor
Lawrence ZazzoCountertenorOberon2027 Feb 21
Vaidas BartušasCountertenorOberon2027 Feb 20, 23
Lina DambrauskaiteSopranTytania2027 Feb 19, 21
Gunta GelgotėSopranTytania2027 Feb 20, 23
Robertas PetraitisSchauspielPuck2027 Feb 19, 21
Nojus ŽalysSchauspielPuck2027 Feb 20, 23
Ona KolobovaitėSopranHelena2027 Feb 20, 23
Austėja ZinkevičiūtėSopranHelena2027 Feb 19, 21
Indyana SchneiderAltHermia2027 Feb 19, 21
Evelina VolodkovičSopranHermia2027 Feb 20, 23
Karolis KašiubaTenorLysander2027 Feb 19, 21
Nojus Vytis GutauskasTenorLysander2027 Feb 20, 23
Arminas SkirvainisBaritonDemetrius2027 Feb 19, 21
Romanas KudriasovasBaritonDemetrius2027 Feb 20, 23
Liudas MikalauskasBassBottom2027 Feb 19, 21
Tadas GirininkasBassBottom2027 Feb 20, 23
Konstantin TomanBassTheseus2027 Feb 19, 21
Alfredas MiniotasBassTheseus2027 Feb 20, 23
Jovita VaškevičiūtėMezzosopranHippolyta2027 Feb 19, 21
Gabija KušleikaitėMezzosopranHippolyta2027 Feb 20, 23
Raimundas JuzuitisBassbaritonQuince2027 Feb 19, 21
Joris RubinovasBassQuince2027 Feb 20, 23
Tomas PavilionisTenorFlute2027 Feb 20, 23
Rafailas KarpisTenorFlute2027 Feb 19, 21
Mindaugas JankauskasTenorSnout2027 Feb 19, 21
Edmundas SeiliusTenorSnout2027 Feb 20, 23
Mindaugas Tomas MiškinisBassStarveling2027 Feb 19, 21
Rokas ŠveisterisBassStarveling2027 Feb 20, 23
Paulius PrasauskasBassSnug2027 Feb 19, 21
Povilas ButkusBassSnug2027 Feb 20, 23

B. Britten‘s A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of the most successful operatic adaptations of W. Shakespeare's play. The opera is faithful to the original – it contains much of W. Shakespeare's own text. A work of truly enchanting spirit, it flourishes in the unique world of a midsummer night's dream. The premiere of the opera took place in 1960 at the Aalborg Festival – it was conducted by the composer himself, and directed by choreographer John Cranko. The comic, poetic, romantic story is attractive due to its numerous layers: some will see it as a traditional fairy tale with plenty of funny situations, while others will discover a whole treasure trove of psychology. Music lovers will hear musical gestures of respect and satire based on various classical works in the genre of opera, from Baroque to A. Schoenberg. Ultimately, it is a magical and extremely romantic evening.

© Martynas Aleksa
© Martynas Aleksa