Name: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Start: 2024-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Opéra de Lausanne

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Laurent Pelly

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Guillaume Tourniaire

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Michel Le Borgne

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Jean-Jacques Delmotte

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Massimo Troncanetti

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Pierre-Louis Nanchen

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Christopher Lowrey

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Marie-Eve Munger

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Charlotte Dumartheray

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Michael Porter

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James Newby

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Aoife Miskelly

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Damien Pass

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Lucie Roche

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David Ireland

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Barnaby Rea

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Anthony Gregory

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Alex Otterburn

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten

The fairytale forest is an unpredictable place.
When the mischief of supernatural beings gets involved, and the magic of woodland fairies alights carelessly on the wrong recipient – especially when it’s a night of “midsummer madness” – William Shakespeare seizes the spell and dreams up his excellent comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which he had performed in London shortly before 1600.

This magic is contagious. A dream-like poetic breeze blew its way through time to Benjamin Britten, who composed one of the finest 20th century operas. The libretto, which the composer wrote with tenor Peter Pears, skilfully condenses Shakespeare’s plot into three acts and preserves his incomparable verse. Finally performed at the Opéra de Lausanne for the very first time, this work, whose music illuminates the lyricism of the English bard, bewitches the ear with its sensuality. Through sound, the inventiveness and expressiveness of its impressionistic orchestration bring to life various worlds that rub shoulders with each other: four dreamy lovers are criss-crossed into confusion, fairies quarrel, an elf has fun, and shy workmen try their hand at putting on a play with hilarious results.

Laurent Pelly completes the enchantment with this marvellous production that marks his return to the Opéra de Lausanne, more than 20 years after his legendary staging of The Tales of Hoffmann, which has since been performed the world over. A staging dream that plays on all the theatre’s tricks and creates the illusion of a timeless dream.

English

La forêt des contes est un lieu imprévisible.
Quand la malice des êtres surnaturels s’en mêle, et que la magie des fées des bois se pose étourdiment sur le mauvais destinataire – surtout quand il s’agit d’une nuit de « midsummer madness » -, William Shakespeare s’empare du sortilège et imagine son excellente comédie, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, qu’il fait jouer à Londres un peu avant 1600.

Cette magie est contagieuse. Un vent de poésie onirique se lève à travers le temps jusqu’à Benjamin Britten, qui compose l’un des plus beaux opéras du XXe siècle. Le livret, que le compositeur rédige avec le ténor Peter Pears, condense habilement en trois actes l’intrigue imaginée par Shakespeare, et conserve ses vers incomparables. Enfin donnée pour la première fois à l’Opéra de Lausanne, cette musique illumine le lyrisme du barde anglais, elle ensorcelle l’oreille avec sa sensualité. L’inventivité et l’expressivité de son orchestration impressionniste donnent une vie sonore aux différents mondes qui se frôlent : quatre amoureux rêveurs s’égarent dans un chassé-croisé, des fées se querellent, un lutin s’amuse, et de braves artisans s’essaient à un théâtre truculent.

Laurent Pelly parfait l’enchantement avec cette merveilleuse production qui marque son retour à l’Opéra de Lausanne, plus de vingt ans après sa mise en scène légendaire des Contes d’Hoffmann, reprise depuis dans le monde entier. Un rêve de mise en scène qui joue de toutes les ficelles du théâtre et crée l’illusion d’un songe hors du temps.

français

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten, fre. 27 dec. 2024, Fra (2024/2024), Instrueret af Laurent Pelly,, Dirigent Guillaume Tourniaire, Opéra de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

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