[Met Performance] CID:326580
Metropolitan Opera Premiere
A Midsummer Night's Dream {1} Metropolitan Opera House: 11/25/1996.
 (Metropolitan Opera Premiere)
(Debuts: Rodney Gilfry, Nick Stahl, Peter Rose, Barry Banks, William Scot Murray, Nicholas Frisch, Benjamin Ungar, Tim Albery, Antony McDonald, Matthew Richardson, Philippe Giraudeau)


Metropolitan Opera House
November 25, 1996
Metropolitan Opera Premiere



A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM {1}
Britten-Shakespeare

Tytania.................Sylvia McNair
Helena..................Nancy Gustafson
Hermia..................Jane Bunnell
Oberon..................Jochen Kowalski
Lysander................Kurt Streit
Demetrius...............Rodney Gilfry [Debut]
Hippolyta...............Victoria Livengood
Theseus.................Jeffrey Wells
Puck....................Nick Stahl [Debut]
Bottom..................Peter Rose [Debut]
Quince..................John Del Carlo
Flute...................Barry Banks [Debut]
Snug....................James Courtney
Snout...................Anthony Laciura
Starveling..............Bradley Garvin
Cobweb..................William Scot Murray [Debut]
Peaseblossom............Nicholas Frisch [Debut]
Mustardseed.............Benjamin Diskant
Moth....................Benjamin Ungar [Debut]

Conductor...............David Atherton

Production..............Tim Albery [Debut]
Designer................Antony McDonald [Debut]
Lighting designer.......Matthew Richardson [Debut]
Choreographer...........Philippe Giraudeau [Debut]

A Midsummer Night's Dream received eight performances this season.

Production gift of the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation

[Until 12/07/00, Matthew Richardson used the pseudonym "Thomas Webster."]


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