Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Opéra de Lille
A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976); Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears after William Shakespeare’s play; First performance at the Aldeburgh Festival, 11 June 1960; Orchestre National de Lille, Guillaume Tourniaire (Conductor); Jeune Chœur des Hauts-de-France, Pascale Diéval-Wils (Children’s Chorus Master); Laurent Pelly (Stage direction); Laurent Pelly, Massimo Troncanetti (Set), Laurent Pelly, Jean-Jacques Delmotte (Costumes), Michel Le Borgne (Lighting); Nils Wanderer (Oberon); Marie-Eve Munger (Tytania); David Portillo (Lysander); Antoinette Dennefeld (Hermia); Charles Rice (Demetrius); Louise Kemény (Helena); Dominic Barberi (Bottom); Charlotte Dumartheray (Puck); Gwilym Bowen (Flute); David Ireland (Quince); Thibault de Damas (Snug); Dean Power (Snout); Kamil Ben Hsain Lachiri (Starveling); Tomislav Lavoie (Theseus); Clare Presland (Hippolyta); Lille, Opéra, 20 May 2022 1265133_1 (160 min)
