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Performance TitleBBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season - Prom 68: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Performance Date10 September 2024
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersIestyn Davies - Oberon,
Lucy Crowe - Tytania,
Richard Burkhard - Bottom,
Caspar Singh - Lysander,
James Newby - Demetrius,
Stephanie Wake-Edwards - Hermia,
Camilla Harris - Helena,
Nicholas Crawley - Theseus,
Christine Rice - Hippolyta,
John Savournin - Quince,
Frazer Scott - Snug,
James Way - Flute,
Geoffrey Dolton - Starveling,
Adam Sullivan - Snout,
Jerone Marsh-Reid - Puck
Orchestra or BandPhilharmonia Orchestra
ChoirsGarsington Opera
ConductorsDouglas Boyd
Set List'A Midsummer Night’s Dream 146’, Britten (Semi-staged; sung in English, with English surtitles)
Performance NotesGarsington Opera makes its Proms debut with Britten’s most successful operatic export after Peter Grimes. In his night-scented adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Britten leads his audience into a dream world, unravelling the nature of human interaction and love as he goes.

Expect a force field of enchantment to fill the Royal Albert Hall in this semi-staged performance from one of Britain’s most distinguished opera companies.

Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
Related Archival MaterialProm Guide (RAHE/1/2024),
Programme (RAHE/1/2024)
Ticket Prices£10-150, promming tickets £8
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2024/101BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season - Prom 68: Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream10 September 2024
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work13252BBC Proms: Sir Henry Wood Promenade Concerts 2024 - One Hundred and Twenty Ninth Season73
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