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21/12/2013

Britten 100: A Midsummer Night's Dream

BBC Radio 3 - Opera on 3, From the Met, Britten 100: A Midsummer Night's Dream

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

From the Metropolitan Opera in New York, James Conlon conducts Britten's Shakespeare adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Kathleen Kim as Tytania and Iestyn Davies as Oberon.

Britten 100
Presented by Margaret Juntwait.

Britten's adaptation of Shakespeare's magical romance returns to the Met for the first time in ten years, in celebration of the composer's centenary. James Conlon conducts the oustanding ensemble, which includes soprano Kathleen Kim and countertenor Iestyn Davies. Oberon, the fairy king and Tytania, his queen are locked in a conflict which spills over into the human world. Britten's atmospheric music adds an ethereal dimension.


Plus a short guide to the opera in Radio 3's Opera Guide to A Midsummer Night's Dream, with contributions fromthe Britten experts Paul Kildea, Philip Reed and Lucy Walker.

Oberon.....Iestyn Davies (Countertenor)
Tytania.....Kathleen Kim (Soprano)
Puck.....Riley Costello (Actor)
Helena.....Erin Wall (Soprano)
Hermia.....Elizabeth Deshong (Mezzo)
Lysander.....Joseph Kaiser (Tenor)
Demetrius.....Michael Todd Simpson (Baritone)
Theseus.....Ryan Mckinny (Baritone)
Hippolyta.....Tamara Mumford (Mezzo)
Bottom.....Matthew Rose (Bass)
Flute.....Barry Banks (Tenor)
Snout.....Scott Scully (Tenor)
Starveling.....Evan Hughes (Bass-baritone)
Quince.....Patrick Carfizzi (Baritone)
Snug.....Paul Corona (Bass)
Cobweb.....Seth Ewing-crystal (Treble)
Peaseblossom.....Anthony Pedone (Treble)
MustardSeed.....Benjamin Wenzelberg (Treble)
Moth.....Thatcher Pitkoff (Treble)
Chorus, Children's Chorus and Orchestra of The Metroplitan Opera, New York
Conducted by James Conlon.

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