| Opera North - A Midsummer Night's Dream Reviews | 8 May 2024 |
Jeni Bern (Tytania), Henry Waddington (Bottom)
Quirijn de Lang (Demetrius), Andrew Glover (Lysander), Kathryn Rudge (Hermia), Sky Ingram (Helena)
Darren Jeffrey (Theseus), Nicholas Sharratt (Flute), Henry Waddington (Bottom), Yvonne Howard (Hippolyta)
Ensemble
Daniel Abelson (Puck), James Laing (Oberon)
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A Midsummer Night's DreamOpera NorthNo. of reviews: 7 | |
Opera North rises triumphantly to the challenge |
 15 Nov 13 / The Journal |
Opera North swings into the sixties with Britten’s Dream |
| 11 Nov 13 / Seen and Heard |
A production that constantly enchants and surprises |
| 9 Nov 13 / What's on Stage |
Musically the production is uniformly strong |
| 1 Oct 13 / What's on Stage |
Opera North pile on the erotic charge and musical gorgeousness in their version of Britten's 60s-set opera |
| 1 Oct 13 / The Guardian |
Opera North's Festival of Britten continues with scintillating Dream |
| 1 Oct 13 / Opera Britannia |
Groovy 1960s update of Britten's opera is full of wit and wonder |
| 30 Sep 13 / The Arts Desk |
Production details
Cast
Laing/Ainslie, Bern, Abelson, Glover, de Lang, Rudge, Ingram, Jeffrey/Robinson, Howard, Waddington/Jeffrey, Savournin, Sharratt, Goronwy, Shovelton, Dolton
(c) Stratford/Rundell (d) Duncan
Performance dates
28 September, 5, 12, 18, 24 October, 6, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22 November 2013 (various locations)
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