Event listing: Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream | Barbican Theatre | Event is in the past

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Barbican TheatreSilk Street, London, Greater London, EC2Y 8BQ, United Kingdom

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Programme

Britten, Benjamin (1913-1976)

Libretto by Peter Pears after Shakespeare

Performers

Stephen Barlow	Conductor
Martin Lloyd-Evans	Director
Guildhall School Musicians
Tom Verney	Countertenor	Oberon	2012 Feb 28
Ellie Laugharne	Soprano	Tytania	2012 Feb 28
Stuart Laing	Tenor	Lysander	2012 Feb 28
Kathryn McAdam	Mezzo-soprano	Hermia	2012 Feb 28
Ashley Riches	Baritone	Demetrius	2012 Feb 28
Sky Ingram	Soprano	Helena	2012 Feb 28
Barnaby Rea	Bass	Bottom	2012 Feb 28
Alexander Knox	Spoken word	Puck	2012 Feb 28

Reviews of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.64 directed by Martin Lloyd-Evans

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Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Silk Street Theatre, London, March 2019

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Beguiling Britten: GSMD's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Francesca Vella, 28th February

Britten’s only Shakespeare opera was a last-minute commission to celebrate the opening of the refurbished Jubilee Hall at the 1960 Aldeburgh Festival. Despite the narrow timescale, Britten and his collaborator and partner Peter Pears notoriously strove to adhere to the sixteen-century dramatic text as closely as possible. Only a handful of Shakespeare’s original lines were substantially modified.

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