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Prom 68: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms 2024

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Garsington Opera conducted by Douglas Boyd and with soloists including Iestyn Davies and Lucy Crowe perform Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Live at the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Proms: Garsington Opera conducted by Douglas Boyd and with soloists including Iestyn Davies and Lucy Crowe perform Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Presented by Andrew McGregor, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

7pm
Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Acts 1 & 2

c.8.35pm
INTERVAL: Netia Jones, director and designer of tonight's opera, talks to Andrew McGregor about her approach to Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, the influence of the original 1960 production, and the opera's relationship to the Shakespeare play.

c.9pm
Act 3

Iestyn Davies (Oberon)
Lucy Crowe (Tytania)
Daniel Vening (Bottom)
Caspar Singh (Lysander)
James Newby (Demetrius)
Stephanie Wake-Edwards (Hermia)
Camilla Harris (Helena)
Nicholas Crawley (Theseus)
Christine Rice (Hippolyta)
John Savournin (Quince)
Frazer Scott (Snug)
James Way (Flute)
Geoffrey Dolton (Starveling)
Adam Sullivan (Snout)
Jerone Marsh-Reid (Puck)
Garsington Opera
Philharmonia Orchestra
Douglas Boyd (conductor)

Garsington Opera makes its Proms debut with Britten’s most successful operatic export after Peter Grimes. In his night-scented adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Britten leads his audience into a dream world, unravelling the nature of human interaction and love as he goes. Expect a force field of enchantment to fill the Royal Albert Hall in this semi-staged performance from the Philharmonia Orchestra and one of Britain’s most distinguished opera companies.

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3 hours, 14 minutes

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Tue 10 Sep 2024 19:00
Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.64 - Acts 1 and 2

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: James Newby. Performer: Caspar Singh. Performer: Stephanie Wake-Edwards. Performer: Camilla Harris. Performer: Nicholas Crawley. Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: John Savournin. Performer: Frazer Scott. Performer: James Way. Performer: Geoffrey Dolton. Performer: Adam Sullivan. Performer: Jerone Marsh-Reid. Performer: Daniel Vening. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.64 - Act 3

    Performer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Lucy Crowe. Performer: James Newby. Performer: Caspar Singh. Performer: Stephanie Wake-Edwards. Performer: Camilla Harris. Performer: Nicholas Crawley. Performer: Christine Rice. Performer: John Savournin. Performer: Frazer Scott. Performer: James Way. Performer: Geoffrey Dolton. Performer: Adam Sullivan. Performer: Jerone Marsh-Reid. Performer: Daniel Vening. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F major Op.96 'American' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 5.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet no.12 in F major, Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak String Quartets - Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Sep 2024 19:00
    Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3

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