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An understated production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RNCM

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Reviewed at Royal Northern College of Music: Concert Hall, Manchester on 21 March 2015
Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Andrew Greenwood, Conductor
Garth Bardsley, Director
Michael Holt, Costume Designer, Set Designer
Anne-Marie Loveday, Helena
Joanna Norman, Tytania
Jessica Eccleston, Hermia
Charlotte Badham, Hippolyta
Jeffrey Taylor, Flute
Alex Banfield, Lysander
Alexander Grainger, Snout
Peter Edge, Snug
Thomas Cameron, Demetrius
Steven Griffin, Starveling
James Fisher, Bottom
Timothy Bagley, Quince
Eugene Dillon-Hooper, Theseus
Kieron-Connor Valentine, Oberon
Charlotte Christensen, Puck
RNCM Opera Ensemble
Jason Taylor, Lighting Designer
Bethan Rhys William, Choreography
Harish Shankar, Conductor
Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in Manchester double bill
****1
Lehar’s Merry Widow visits the RNCM for Christmas
***11
Sondheim's excellent Company at the RNCM
****1
An Enchanting Gluck Double Bill from the RNCM
****1
Royal Northern College of Music: L'Elisir d'Amore
*****
Shostakovich's Moscow, Cheryomushki at the RNCM
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