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A Midsummer Night's Dream-17 June 1986 Evening 7.30pm

Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Roderick Brydon
Leader Hugh Maguire
Cast
Cobweb Andrew Sinclair
Mustardseed Andrew Leach
Peaseblossom Alex Evans
Moth Piers Carr
Puck Mark Rylance
Tytania
Queen of the Fairies 		Lillian Watson
Indian Boy Jaspreet Bains
Oberon
King of the Fairies 		James Bowman
Hermia
in love with Lysander 		Claire Powell
Lysander
in love with Hermia 		Kim Begley
Demetrius
in love with Hermia 		Jonathan Summers
Helena
in love with Demetrius 		Felicity Lott
Bottom
a weaver/Pyramus 		Stafford Dean
Quince
a carpenter/Prologue 		Donald Adams
Flute
a bellows-mender/Thisby 		Alexander Oliver
Snug
a joiner/Lion 		Eric Garrett
Snout
a tinker/Wall 		John Dobson
Starveling
a tailor/Moonshine 		Gordon Sandison
Theseus
Duke of Athens 		Roderick Earle
Hippolyta
Queen of the Amazons, betrothed to Theseus 		Nuala Willis
Fairies, Attendants
Children from Trinity School (Croydon)
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.33-8.21pm, Act II: 8.43-9.31pm, Act III: 9.56-10.46pm
Information source: Royal Opera House programme and stage manager's report for 17 June 1986 (in Royal Opera House Collections)