Opera in two acts. Libretto by the composer, after the play by STRINDBERG Music by William Alwyn
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by VILEM TAUSKY Repetiteur ALEXA MAXWELL Technical presentation JOHN RUSHBY-SMITH
Producer ELAINE PADMORE
The setting is the kitchen of a large country house in Sweden in the 1880s on Midsummer Night. Act 1
Scene 1: Mid-evening; Scene 2: Later that night