Aldeburgh Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream Reviews | 24 April 2024 |
Performance reviews
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A Midsummer Night's DreamAldeburgh FestivalNo. of reviews: 9 |
Der Klang des Anderen |
30 Jun 17 / Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
A Concert Hall celebration |
19 Jun 17 / Seen and Heard |
There may be fairies aplenty here, but there’s little enchantment |
15 Jun 17 / Independent |
A silvery Dream lost among the shadows |
12 Jun 17 / Bachtrack |
Into the Wood: A Midsummer Night's Dream at Snape Maltings |
12 Jun 17 / Opera Today |
Though the movement direction is often awkward, Netia Jones has found a visual language in tune with Britten’s music |
12 Jun 17 / The Times |
The star of the show is Netia Jones's elaborate video projection |
11 Jun 17 / Classical Source |
Britten's irresistible Shakespeare opera opens the 70th Aldeburgh Festival |
11 Jun 17 / What's on Stage |
Plenty of glorious singing to open the 2017 Aldeburgh Festival |
11 Jun 17 / Telegraph |
Production details
Cast
Davies, Bevan, Lansbury, Harding-Smith, Lucas, Warne, Cacace, Pritchard, Humphreys, Presland, Dennis, Bayley, Jones, Rose, Shore, Wiliford, Goronwy, Butteriss
(c) Wigglesworth (d) Jones
Performance dates
9, 11, 12, 14 June 2017
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