Date/Time
Date(s) - 28/07/2019
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location
Mazda Hall
Categories
On the occasion of its 71st edition, the Festival d’Aix En Provence is offering free screenings of operas around the world!
The Alliance Française de Pune and Festival d’Aix En Provence, in association with Fondation Orange, and Poona Music Society, are happy to offer free screenings of operas in July 2019.
Screening A Midsummer Night’s Dream/LE SONGE D’UNE NUIT D’ÉTÉ by Benjamin Britten
28th July, 6PM
Mazda Hall, Camp, Pune
FREE ENTRANCE
Le Songe d’une Nuit d’éte – Festival d’Aix en Provence 2017 © Patrick Berger/ArtComPress
Opera in three acts and four paintings
Libretto by the composer and Peter Pears, from William Shakespeare’s play of the same name
Premiered June 11, 1960 at Jubilee Hall in Aldeburgh
In a forest near Athens, during the night of the solstice, the worlds mingle. There is the kingdom of fairies, troubled by the discord between King Oberon and Queen Titania. But there are also four lovers caught in a desires crossover, and a group of artisans who came to rehearse a play away from the city. Thanks to the enchanted juice of a flower, the elf Puck causes confusion and interferes with all these characters. Following the dreamlike meanders of one of the most beloved plays of Shakespeare, Benjamin Britten writes a captivating opera, in which each world is differentiated by an ineffable musical material. For this lyrical masterpiece of the twentieth century, Robert Carsen created an enchanting show that made the beautiful evenings of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 1991 and 1992, before his leaving to conquer the world. He is back in the place where he was born, this courtyard of the l’Archevêché where the summer night is Provencal and the dream in the open sky.
Conductor Kazushi Ono
Stage Director Robert Carsen
Set and Costumes Designer Michael Levine
Lighting Designer Robert Carsen and Peter van Praet
Choreography Matthew Bourne
Tytania Sandrine Piau
Oberon Lawrence Zazzo
Puck Miltos Yerolemou
Theseus Scott Conner*
Hippolyta Allyson McHardy
Lysander Rupert Charlesworth*
Demetrius John Chest*
Hermia Elizabeth DeShong
Helena Layla Claire*
Bottom Brindley Sherratt
Quince Henry Waddington
Flute Michael Slattery
Snout Christopher Gillett
Starveling Simon Butteriss
Snug Brian Bannatyne-Scott
Cobweb, Peaseblossom, Mustardseed and Moth Benedict Hill, Lucas Pinto, Andrew Sinclair-Knopp, Jérémie de Rijk (members of the Choir)
Choir Trinity Boys Choir
Choir’s Conductor David Swinson
Orchestra Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Lyon
[divider]This event is organised in partnership with Festival D’Aix En Provence, Fondation Orange and Poona Music Society.
