A Midsummer Night´s Dream - Schedule, Program & Tickets
A Midsummer Night´s Dream
Opera in three acts
Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears based on William Shakespeare's comedy of the same name
First performance on June 11, 1960 at the festival in Aldeburgh
Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on January 26, 2020
recommended for ages 14 and up
In English with German and English surtitles
3 hours / one break
Hardly any other work in world literature breathes music like William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. At night elves dance in the enchanted summer forest and sing the fairy queen Titania to sleep. Music accompanies the wedding celebration of the royal couple Hippolyta and Theseus as well as the young lovers Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius - when they have finally found each other after an erotic dance of desire and disappointment, confusion and confusion on Midsummer Eight. And music also sounds in the hilarious game in the game "Pyramus and Thisbe" - performed by six "highly talented" craftsmen.
“A Midsummer Night's Dream” has inspired musicians over the centuries. As a consistently successful opera, however, the piece did not take to the stage until a good 360 years after its creation, with Britten's setting, which was performed for the first time in 1960. For this he had arranged the Shakespearean original text and set it to music as a magically light masterpiece that was always witty with references to the history of opera.
It was staged by the young American director Ted Huffman, who, after a series of directing work in France, most recently attracted attention in German-speaking countries with his productions of Handel's RINALDO in Frankfurt, MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Zurich Opera House and SALOME at the Cologne Opera House.
OCCUPATION:
Musical director Markus Stenz
Directed by Ted Huffman
Marsha Ginsberg stage
Costumes Annemarie Woods
Light D. M. Wood
Choreography Sam Pinkleton
Choreography (Puck) Ran Arthur Braun
Children's choir Christian Lindhorst
Oberon James Hall
Tytania Jane Archibald
Puck Jami Reid-Quarrell
Theseus Padraic Rowan
Hippolyta Davia Bouley
Lysander Benjamin Hulett
Demetrius Dean Murphy
Hermia Karis Tucker
Helena Alexandra Hutton
Bottom Patrick Guetti
Quince Tyler Zimmerman
Flute Andrew Dickinson
Snug Barnaby Rea
Snout Jörg Schörner
Starveling Matthew Cossack
Cobweb Frederick Dröge
Peaseblossom Marilena Green
Mustardseed Selina Isi
Moth Chiara Annabelle Feldmann
Children's choirs of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Subject to changes.
Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears based on William Shakespeare's comedy of the same name
First performance on June 11, 1960 at the festival in Aldeburgh
Premiere at the Deutsche Oper Berlin on January 26, 2020
recommended for ages 14 and up
In English with German and English surtitles
3 hours / one break
Hardly any other work in world literature breathes music like William Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream”. At night elves dance in the enchanted summer forest and sing the fairy queen Titania to sleep. Music accompanies the wedding celebration of the royal couple Hippolyta and Theseus as well as the young lovers Hermia and Lysander and Helena and Demetrius - when they have finally found each other after an erotic dance of desire and disappointment, confusion and confusion on Midsummer Eight. And music also sounds in the hilarious game in the game "Pyramus and Thisbe" - performed by six "highly talented" craftsmen.
“A Midsummer Night's Dream” has inspired musicians over the centuries. As a consistently successful opera, however, the piece did not take to the stage until a good 360 years after its creation, with Britten's setting, which was performed for the first time in 1960. For this he had arranged the Shakespearean original text and set it to music as a magically light masterpiece that was always witty with references to the history of opera.
It was staged by the young American director Ted Huffman, who, after a series of directing work in France, most recently attracted attention in German-speaking countries with his productions of Handel's RINALDO in Frankfurt, MADAMA BUTTERFLY at the Zurich Opera House and SALOME at the Cologne Opera House.
OCCUPATION:
Musical director Markus Stenz
Directed by Ted Huffman
Marsha Ginsberg stage
Costumes Annemarie Woods
Light D. M. Wood
Choreography Sam Pinkleton
Choreography (Puck) Ran Arthur Braun
Children's choir Christian Lindhorst
Oberon James Hall
Tytania Jane Archibald
Puck Jami Reid-Quarrell
Theseus Padraic Rowan
Hippolyta Davia Bouley
Lysander Benjamin Hulett
Demetrius Dean Murphy
Hermia Karis Tucker
Helena Alexandra Hutton
Bottom Patrick Guetti
Quince Tyler Zimmerman
Flute Andrew Dickinson
Snug Barnaby Rea
Snout Jörg Schörner
Starveling Matthew Cossack
Cobweb Frederick Dröge
Peaseblossom Marilena Green
Mustardseed Selina Isi
Moth Chiara Annabelle Feldmann
Children's choirs of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Orchestra Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Subject to changes.
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