BBC Proms: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Tuesday 10 September

Garsington Opera makes its debut at the BBC Proms this summer, bringing its production of Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream to the Royal Albert Hall in a semi-staged version.

A British cast featuring some of the most exciting young singers of today, and including former members of Garsington Opera’s Alvarez Young Artists programme, joins Iestyn Davies, Lucy Crowe and Richard Burkhard on stage with the Philharmonia conducted by Garsington’s Artistic Director, Douglas Boyd.

The fairies will be played by children from the Garsington Opera Youth Company, sourced from 19 different local schools and working with GO Participate (our Learning and Participation programme). Many of these children have never performed on stage before and are beginning their journey into opera with workshops before joining the adult cast and creative team in rehearsals. We are delighted that the culmination of their experience will be to appear at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the world’s greatest classical music festival.

Semi-staged; sung in English, with English surtitles