Screen LibraryBenjamin Britten's A midsummer night's dream /
Glyndebourne's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is pure magic. Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare's play, the opera follows the adventures of the four lovers and a group of naïve rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the...
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| Literature type: | Video DVD |
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Glyndebourne's production of Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream is pure magic. Brilliantly adapted from Shakespeare's play, the opera follows the adventures of the four lovers and a group of naïve rustics who, in a wood on a moonstruck night, fall foul of Oberon and Tytania, the quarreling King and Queen of Fairies. In Peter Hall's remarkable staging, that very wood comes alive as logs and trees move and rustle, creating ambiguous silhouettes in the dark mysterious woodland, lit only by John Bury's wonderful rising sun and moon. Counter-tenor James Bowman plays Oberon, Ileana Cotrubas pro |
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Title on container and disc: A midsummer night's dream. Originally released in 1981. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 videodisc (156 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Production Credits: | Designed by John Bury. |
| ISBN: |
0769776892 : 9780769776897 |
| Index Number: | M1500 |
| CLC: | J653.2(561) |
| Call Number: | #WDVD/190372 |