Organization

Singer

Countertenor

Lawrence Zazzo

Oberon

Soprano

Catriona Hewitson

Tytania

Bass-baritone

David Shipley

Bottom

Baritone

Arthur Bruce

Starveling

Mezzo-soprano

Annie Reilly

Hippolyta

Bass

Jonathan Lemalu

Theseus

Tenor

Elgan Llyr Thomas

Lysander

Jonathan McGovern

Demetrius

Lea Shaw

Hermia

Charlie Drummond

Helena

John Molloy

Quince

Glen Cunningham

Flute

Dingle Yandell

Snug

Jamie MacDougall

Snout

Spoken

Michael Guest

Puck

Stage director

Dominic Hill

Conductor

Stuart Stratford

Set designer

Tom Piper

Lighting designer

Lizzie Powell

Movement director

Kally Lloyd-Jones

Puppet design and direction

Rachael Canning

Scottish Opera Education

English

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

Festival Theatre Edinburgh

Glasgow

Theatre Royal

A Midsummer Night's Dream Britten

Public

Approved

Hippolyta | Scottish Opera

our lost lovers collide with quarrelling fairies, resulting in magic, mayhem, and mistaken identities in Britten’s otherworldly operatic reimagining of Shakespeare’s timeless comedy.

Dominic Hill, Artistic Director of the Citizens Theatre, returns to Scottish Opera to bring his Shakespearean expertise to bear once more. Joined by designer Tom Piper, famed for the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red installation at the Tower of London, he promises to enchant and entertain with Britten’s beguiling work. 


"Britten's wonderful music has always captivated me, plunging us into the mysterious, unnerving world of sleep and dreams."
Dominic Hill


Scottish Opera Music Director Stuart Stratford conducts a dynamic cast that includes recent Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Catriona Hewitson as Tytania, widely praised for her performances in the Company’s recent productions of Così fan tutte and L’elisir d’amore, and David Shipley (Rigoletto 2018), as Bottom. They are both making their role debuts alongside countertenor Lawrence Zazzo as Oberon. Also in the cast is Scottish tenor and broadcaster, Jamie MacDougall (Falstaff 2021); former Scottish Opera Emerging Artist Elgan Llŷr Thomas (Falstaff 2021); Dingle Yandell (Tosca 2019); Jonathan McGovern (The Telephone 2020) and 2021-22 Emerging Artists, Lea Shaw and Glen Cunningham, who both recently toured with Opera Highlights. They are joined by a children’s chorus.

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten, From (2022/2022), Directed by Dominic Hill,, Conductor Stuart Stratford, Theatre Royal, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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