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A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare 's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer and with set and costume designs by Carl Toms. [1]
- English
- 11 June 1960, Aldeburgh Festival
- Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
For various reasons, this wasn’t settled upon until late summer 1959, leaving Britten an extremely tight schedule. It was partly for practical reasons that Britten and Pears settled upon Shakespeare’s play. “There was no time to get a libretto written, so we took one that was ready to hand. I have always loved A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
May 30, 2019 · Benjamin BrittenA Midsummer Night's Dream op.64Oberon: Alfred DellerTytania: Elizabeth HarwoodPuck: Stephen TerryCobweb: Richard DakinPeaseblossom: John Prye...
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Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is undoubtedly the most successful Shakespearean opera to employ Shakespeare's original text as the sole basis for its libretto. The choice of a pre-existing text was partly a pragmatic response to the composer's decision to write (at comparatively short notice) a full-scale opera to celebrate the opening of the newly refurbished Jubilee Hall at the ...
Synopsis: A Midsummer Night's Dream Select a language to ... Benjamin Britten. Librettist. Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, after Shakespeare. Sung In. English.
