Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Starring: Benjamin Britten, Felicity Lott, Ileana Cotrubas, et al.

MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM (DVD) (BENJAMIN BRITTEN)

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 032031141193
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Kultur Video
• Starring: Benjamin Britten, Felicity Lott, Ileana Cotrubas, James Bowman, Dale Duesing, Bernard Haitink
• Runtime: 2 hours, 36 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: multiple_formats
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Stretching

This version of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1981), is a comedy, written by William Shakespeare with music by Benjamin Britten. A libretto is adapted by the composer and Peter Pears. It was premiered on 11 June 1960. Mendelson, it is not, but everyone deserves a chance to express themselves. The only problem with this is because they wanted the opera to sound operatic, it is impossible to understand even in English and requires subtitles to see what they are trying to say. The plot varies somewhat from the play but fits this production. The costumes may be period, but they are distracting from what you would expect. However, the trees looked pretty good. All the people (probably again because it is supposed to be an opera are old and misplaced for the characters. Naturally, the actors in this version are not the same as the ones who were in the original production. Cast: Ileana Cotrubas, Titania James Bowman, Oberon Ryland Davies, Lysander Dale Duesing, Demetrius Felicity Lott, Helena Leuwe Visser, Theseus Curt Appelgren, Bottom Donald Bell, Starveling Roger Bryson, Quince It may be possible that this is an acquired taste. If so, this is no place to begin acquiring.