Benjamin Britten

Summary

Deep in the forest the fairies are stirring. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is coming to Brisbane.

As Benjamin Britten’s spell-bindingly beautiful score slips seductively out of the orchestra pit, discover a place where Indian gods, British colonials and rustic clowns collide, collude and sometimes fall in love.

Before there was ROMEO + JULIET, this was the opera production that showed the world the boundless imaginations of director Baz Luhrmann and designer Catherine Martin. Inspired by the words of Shakespeare and Britten’s magical score, Luhrmann and Martin dreamt up a colour-drenched realm of midsummer magic, and in doing so, created one of Opera Australia’s most celebrated productions...ever.

Paul Kildea will conduct a collection of outstanding singers who will guide you through the enchanted forest. Tobias Cole and Lorina Gore play the King and Queen of the Fairies, while Tyler Coppin and Conal Coad reprise their unforgettable performances of Puck and Bottom.

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