A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream è un’opera in english di Benjamin Britten, rappresentata per la prima volta nel 1960.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64, is an opera with music by Benjamin Britten and set to a libretto adapted by the composer and Peter Pears from William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. It was premiered on 11 June 1960 at the Aldeburgh Festival, conducted by the composer and with set and costume designs by Carl Toms. Stylistically, the work is typical of Britten, with a highly individual sound-world – not strikingly dissonant or atonal, but replete with subtly atmospheric harmonies and tone painting. The role of Oberon was composed for the countertenor Alfred Deller. Atypically for Britten, the opera did not include a leading role for his partner Pears, who instead was given the comic drag role of Flute/Thisbe.
Peter Pears
Cast e personaggi di A Midsummer Night's Dream
19 personaggi documentati da Wikidata con indicazione del registro vocale:
- personTheseus (bass)
- personSnug (bass)
- personQuince (bass)
- personFlute (tenor)
- personSnout (tenor)
- personLysander (tenor)
- personStarveling (baritone)
- personCobweb (child soprano)
- personMustardseed (child soprano)
- personMoth (child soprano)
- personPeaseblossom (child soprano)
- personBottom (bass-baritone)
- personHelena (soprano)
- personDemetrius (baritone)
- personHippolyta (contralto)
- personHermia (mezzo-soprano)
- personTytania (coloratura soprano)
- personOberon (countertenor)
- personPuck
Libretto di A Midsummer Night's Dream
Il libretto è scritto da Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears — in totale 2 autori di libretto.
Da A Midsummer Night's Dream all’opera
A Midsummer Night's Dream è un adattamento di A Midsummer Night's Dream — soggetto letterario di partenza per il libretto.
L’archivio documenta 1 altre opere derivate dallo stesso soggetto:
- The Enchanted Island — George Frideric Handel (2011)
Altre opere di Benjamin Britten
- Peter Grimes (1945)
- The Rape of Lucretia (1946)
- Albert Herring (1947)
- The Little Sweep (1949)
- Billy Budd (1951)
- Gloriana (1953)
- The Turn of the Screw (1954)
- The Burning Fiery Furnace (1966)
- The Golden Vanity (1967)
- Death in Venice (1973)
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