A Midsummer Night's Dream - Ballet - Season 21/22 Programming

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Opéra Bastille - from 18 June to 16 July 2022

Sales open on 11 January 2022 at 12h00

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ballet George Balanchine

Sales open on 11 January 2022 at 12h00

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Opéra Bastille - from 18 June to 16 July 2022

2h05 with 1 interval

Opening night : 18 June 2022

About

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Numerous choreographers have drawn on Shakespeare’s play for the dramatic substance to their ballets. George Balanchine was no exception. In 1962, to a score by Mendelssohn, he created his own version of Shakespeare’s comedy for the New York City Ballet. Ever faithful to his vocabulary, subtly blended with mime, a complex romantic narrative unfolds in two acts and six tableaux. Revolving around Theseus, Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, the plot thickens with a domestic quarrel between the king of the elves and the fairy queen. Things take another turn with the mischievous intervention of Puck and his magic love potion and the arrival of a troupe of amateur actors. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of George Balanchine’s rare narrative ballets. The sets and costumes were entrusted to another magician of the stage, Christian Lacroix.

Opening
70 mn
Intermission 20 mn
35 mn
End

Choreographer: George Balanchine

9 min

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Le Songe d'une nuit d'été

After William Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Music :

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Choreography :

George Balanchine

Conductor :

Andrea Quinn

Chorus master :

Alessandro Di Stefano

Set design :

Christian Lacroix

Costume design :

Christian Lacroix

Lighting design :

Jennifer Tipton
Les Étoiles, les Premiers Danseurs et le Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra
avec la participation des élèves de l’École de Danse
Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra national de Paris

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