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Midsummer Night's Dream “*****
Lavish Dream for Britten Fans … I‚d recommend this Dream even to non-Britten
Fans … the most mesmeric and magical staging, a trancey lesson in what opera
can add to Shakespeare.” “***** A
Midsummer Night’s Dream is wonderful beyond words. It's directed with a
delicious eye for detail by ETO’s frontman, James Conway; sparklingly designed
by Joanna Parker, and even more fabulously conducted by Michael Rosewell … a
model of how director’s should direct: planned, observant, apt, perfect … Hike
Miles to See This … You’ll laugh and laugh … Aideen Malone creates a web of
mystic half-lights; the costumes are a triumph. Every half- move is finessed
with a function, Conway‚s blocks are a joy … A Corker of a show from a tip-top
team.” “Everything
seems to have come right for ETO … Britten’s score sounded magical … There was
magic on stage too … Designed by Joanna Parker and beautifully lit by Aideen
Malone, Tytania’s simple bower became a place of enchantment … James Conway,
the producer and ETO’s general director, made sure he did not put a foot wrong
in delivering a production with charm and humour to spare” |
