A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)

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gptkbp:composer gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:duration about 2 hours 30 minutes
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Jubilee_Hall,_Aldeburgh
1960-06-11
gptkbp:genre gptkb:opera
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label A Midsummer Night's Dream (opera)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Peter_Pears
gptkb:Benjamin_Britten
gptkbp:notableAria I know a bank
Now until the break of day
Over hill, over dale
The lunatic, the lover and the poet
gptkbp:notableProduction Peter Hall, Glyndebourne, 1981
Robert Carsen, Aix-en-Provence, 1991
Tim Albery, English National Opera, 1995
gptkbp:notableRecording Benjamin Britten, English Opera Group, 1967
Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, 1995
gptkbp:notableRole gptkb:Mustardseed
gptkb:Peaseblossom
gptkb:Snug
gptkb:Starveling
gptkb:Tytania
gptkb:Oberon
gptkb:Hippolyta
gptkb:Lysander
gptkb:Helena
gptkb:butterfly
gptkb:Bottom
gptkb:Quince
gptkb:Theseus
gptkb:Puck
gptkb:Demetrius
gptkb:Hermia
gptkb:Cobweb
Flute
Snout
gptkbp:numberOfActs 3
gptkbp:orchestration gptkb:orchestra
gptkbp:originalTitle gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream
gptkbp:premiereDate 1960-06-11
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Aldeburgh_Festival
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Faber_Music
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Ancient_Athens
A forest near Athens
gptkbp:style 20th-century opera
gptkbp:subject gptkb:comedy
gptkb:A_Midsummer_Night's_Dream_(play)
fantasy
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gptkbp:bfsLayer 5