Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Opéra de Lille

A Midsummer Night's Dream Opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Libretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears after William Shakespeare's play First performance at the Aldeburgh Festival, 11 June 1960 Orchestre National de Lille, Guillaume Tourniaire (Conductor) Jeune Cheur des Hauts-de-France, Pascale Diéval-Wils (Children's Chorus Master) Laurent Pelly (Stage direction) Laurent Pelly, Massimo Troncanetti (Set), Laurent Pelly, Jean-Jacques Delmotte (Costumes), Michel Le Borgne (Lighting) Nils Wanderer (Oberon) Marie-Eve Munger (Tytania) David Portillo (Lysander) Antoinette Dennefeld (Hermia) Charles Rice (Demetrius) Louise Kemény (Helena) Dominic Barberi (Bottom) Charlotte Dumartheray (Puck) Gwilym Bowen (Flute) David Ireland (Quince) Thibault de Damas (Snug) Dean Power (Snout) Kamil Ben Hsain Lachiri (Starveling) Tomislav Lavoie (Theseus) Clare Presland (Hippolyta) Lille, Opéra, 20 May 2022