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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet TheatreA. Vienuolio g. 1, Vilnius, 01104, Lithuania
Dates/times in Vilnius time zone
Friday 19 February 202718:30
Saturday 20 February 202718:30
Sunday 21 February 202718:00
Tuesday 23 February 202718:30
Programme
Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)A Midsummer Night's DreamLibretto by Peter Pears after Shakespeare
Performers
Lithuanian National Opera
Raimonda SkabeikaitėConductor2027 Feb 19, 21
Julius GeniušasConductor2027 Feb 20, 23
Gintaras VarnasDirector
Vytautas NarbutasSet Designer
Juozas StatkevičiusCostume Designer
Eugenijus SabaliauskasLighting Designer
Lithuanian National Opera Orchestra
Martynas StakionisDirector
Lawrence ZazzoCountertenorOberon2027 Feb 21
Vaidas BartušasCountertenorOberon2027 Feb 20, 23
Lina DambrauskaiteSopranoTytania2027 Feb 19, 21
Gunta GelgotėSopranoTytania2027 Feb 20, 23
Robertas PetraitisActorPuck2027 Feb 19, 21
Nojus ŽalysActorPuck2027 Feb 20, 23
Ona KolobovaitėSopranoHelena2027 Feb 20, 23
Austėja ZinkevičiūtėSopranoHelena2027 Feb 19, 21
Indyana SchneiderContraltoHermia2027 Feb 19, 21
Evelina VolodkovičSopranoHermia2027 Feb 20, 23
Karolis KašiubaTenorLysander2027 Feb 19, 21
Nojus Vytis GutauskasTenorLysander2027 Feb 20, 23
Arminas SkirvainisBaritoneDemetrius2027 Feb 19, 21
Romanas KudriasovasBaritoneDemetrius2027 Feb 20, 23
Liudas MikalauskasBassBottom2027 Feb 19, 21
Tadas GirininkasBassBottom2027 Feb 20, 23
Konstantin TomanBassTheseus2027 Feb 19, 21
Alfredas MiniotasBassTheseus2027 Feb 20, 23
Jovita VaškevičiūtėMezzo-sopranoHippolyta2027 Feb 19, 21
Gabija KušleikaitėMezzo-sopranoHippolyta2027 Feb 20, 23
Raimundas JuzuitisBass-baritoneQuince2027 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