Aldeburgh Festival - A Midsummer Night's Dream Reviews
24 April 2024

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Aldeburgh Festival


No. 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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