A Midsummer Night’s Dream with Simone Young
Tonight We Dream
We join forces with Belvoir St Theatre to perform Mendelssohn’s magical music and scenes from Shakespeare’s enchanting play.
Duration
The concert will conclude at approximately 12.30pm and 8.30pm (Friday) and 3.30pm and 8.30pm (Saturday).
Pre-Concert
Join us for the pre-concert talk 45 minutes before the performances on Friday evening and Saturday in the Northern Foyer, by Yvonne Frindle.
Please note, there will not be a pre-concert talk prior to the Tea & Symphony performance at 11am on Friday August.
Program Book
Behind every great piece is a great story. Have a read through the program book to get all the details.
With Simone Young at the helm, be swept away by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the joyful score by Mendelssohn it inspired.
As we wrap up the celebrations marking our return to the Sydney Opera House, we join forces with Belvoir St Theatre to perform Mendelssohn’s magical music, originally composed in 1843 to be heard between scenes of Shakespeare’s enchanting play.
In this new adaptation by Belvoir’s Artistic Director Eamon Flack, this concert takes us to a different world within the Concert Hall, where the roles of cast and orchestra are reversed and reimagined. Here, the music is brought into the spotlight so that the score can shine, with pared-back costumes, dialogue and staging serving as atmospheric elements that enhance our journey into the music.
Sit back as we travel to a world of fairies, enchanted forests and the famous wedding march that still announces newlyweds as they walk down the aisle today.
PROGRAM
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A collaboration with BELVOIR ST THEATRE
ARTISTS
SIMONE YOUNG
conductor
EAMON FLACK
director and adaptor
HANNAH GOODWIN associate director
LISA MIMMOCCHI costume designer
SAMANTHA CLARKE
soprano
ANNA DOWSLEY
mezzo-soprano
CANTILLATION
chorus
ELIZABETH SCOTT chorusmaster
CAST
VIRGINIA GAY Puck
SARAH MEACHAM Helena & others
ROSE RILEY Hermia & others
JACK SCOTT Demetrius, Bottom & others
BRIGID ZENGENI Titania/Hippolyta & others
TIM WALTER Theseus/Oberon & others
GEORGE ZHAO Lysander, Peter Quince & others
SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY
The Sydney Symphony will continue to apply NSW Public Health Orders related to live performance venues. New conditions of entry for all venues and performances may apply.
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