A spirited Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Wiener Staatsoper

By Chanda VanderHart, 10 October 2019

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Reviewed at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna on 9 October 2019

Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Vienna State Opera

Simone Young, Conductor

Irina Brook, Director

Nöelle Ginefri-Corbel, Set Designer

Magali Castellan, Costume Designer

Peter Kellner, Theseus

Josh Lovell, Lysander

Rachel Frenkel, Hermia

Peter Rose, Bottom

Théo Touvet, Puck

Lawrence Zazzo, Oberon

Erin Morley, Tytania

Szilvia Vörös, Hippolyta

Benjamin Hulett, Flute

Rafael Fingerlos, Demetrius

Valentina Naforniţă, Helena

Thomas Ebenstein, Snout

Clemens Unterreiner, Starveling

Wolfgang Bankl, Quince

William Thomas, Snug

Jean Kalman, Lighting Designer

Martin Buczko, Choreography

Sophie Petit, Production Assistant

Loriana Casagrande, Assistant Set Designer

Petra Schnakenberg, Assistant Set Designer

Irène Bernaud, Assistant Costume Designer

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

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Chanda VanderHart

Dr. Chanda VanderHart is a pianist, musicologist and creative who lives, works and plays in Vienna, Austria. For more on Chanda and her projects, click here.

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