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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Opéra Bastille - from 18 June to 16 July 2022
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ballet George Balanchine
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Opéra Bastille - from 18 June to 16 July 2022
2h05 with 1 interval
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Opening night : 18 June 2022
About
In few words:
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
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Le Songe d'une nuit d'été
After William Shakespeare,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream-
Music :
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
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Choreography :
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Conductor :
Andrea Quinn
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Chorus master :
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Set design :
Christian Lacroix
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Costume design :
Christian Lacroix
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Lighting design :
Jennifer Tipton
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Titania :
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Hippolyta :
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Helena :
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Lysander :
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Demetrius :
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Titiana's cavalier :
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Divertissement- female soloist :
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Divertissement- male soloist :
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Butterfly :
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Performances
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Available in audiodescription
Advantages
Full
Gallery
1/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17) - Paul Marque et Hugo Vigliotti
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
2/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17) - Fanny Gorse
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
3/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17) - Paul Marque
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
4/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17)
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
5/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17) - Alice Renavand
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
6/6 :
Le Songe d’une nuit d’été (saison 16/17)
© Agathe Poupeney / OnP
About the work
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Podcast Le Songe d'une nuit d'été
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“What masques, what dances shall we have?”
By Julia Bührle
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A dramaturgy awash with colour
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