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A Midsummer Night's Dream

on BBC Radio 3

Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by PETER PEARS and THE COMPOSER, based on SHAKESPEARE'S play
The English Music Theatre Company production at the Aldeburgh Festival, direct from
The Snape Mailings
ENGLISH MUSIC THEATRE ORCHESTRA, leader LEVINE ANDRADE. conducted by STEUART BEDFORD Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Peter Pears
Leader:
Levine Andrade.
Conducted By:
Steuart Bedford
Oberon, King of the Fairies:
David James
Tytania. Queen of the Fairies:
Maria McLaughlin (sop)
Puck:
Mike Chubb (spoken)
Fairies (trebles) : Cobweb.:
Timothy Orchard
Peaseblossom:
Jonathan Watson
Mustardseed:
Christopher Atkinson
Moth:
Martin Warr
Lysander, in love with Hermia:
Neil MacKie (tenor)
Demetrius, also in love with Hermia:
Richard Jackson (bar)
Hermia, in love with Lysander:
Kate Flowers (sop)
Helena, in love with Demetrius:
Helen Walker (sop)
Bottom, a weaver:
Roderick Kennedy
Quince, a carpenter:
Harry Coghill (bass)
Flute, a bellows-mender:
Adrian Thompson (tenor)
Snug a joiner:
Matthew Best (bass)
Snout, a tinker:
Anthony Attwell (tenor)
Starveling, a tailor:
Glyn Davenport (bar)
Theseus, Duke of Athens:
Michael Bauer (bass)
Hippolyta his bride:
Nuala Willis (mezzo-Sop)

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