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A Midsummer Night's Dream-3 December 2005 Evening 7.00pm

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Linbury Studio Theatre, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Richard Hickox
Leader Nicholas Ward
Choir Director Simon Toyne
Cast
Oberon
King of the Fairies 		William Towers
Tytania
Queen of the Fairies 		Gillian Keith
Puck Jami Reid-Quarrell
Theseus
Duke of Athens 		Mark Beesley
Hippolyta
betrothed to Theseus 		Liora Grodnikaite
Lysander
in love with Hermia 		Robert Murray
Demetrius
in love with Hermia 		Grant Doyle
Hermia
in love with Lysander 		Tove Dahlberg
Helena
in love with Demetrius 		Katie Van Kooten
Bottom
a weaver 		Darren Jeffery
Quince
a carpenter 		Jonathan Best
Flute
a bellows-mender 		Andrew Kennedy
Snug
a joiner 		Jeremy White
Snout
a tinker 		Andrew Sritheran
Starveling
a tailor 		Andrew Mayor
fairies
Cobweb James Walsh
Peaseblossom Ben Davies
Mustardseed Tom Nichols
Moth Edmund Jillings
Guest Harpsichord, Celeste Christopher Willis
Tiffin Boys' Choir
City of London Sinfonia
Language: English
Durations: Act I: 7.07-7.55pm, Act II: 8.16-9.07pm, Act III: 9.27-10.22pm
Radio - live relay : BBC Radio 3; 3 December 2005
Information source: Linbury Studio Theatre programme for 25 November-3 December 2005 and stage manager's report for 3 December 2005 (in Royal Opera House Collections)