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A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Ballet evening by Frederick Ashton and David Dawson

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The ballet evening »Ein Sommernachtstraum« brings together two classic works, namely William Shakespeare’s »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« and Antonio Vivaldi’s »The Four Seasons«. Frederick Ashton’s adaptation of »A Midsummer Night’s Dream« from 1964, featuring a highly virtuosic physical vocabulary and humorous narrative, has become a milestone in balletic interpretations of Shakespeare. It provides a somewhat intimidating opportunity for any ballet company to prove its technical expertise. While Ashton’s work is very specifically located in a busy forest during the Biedermeier era, the British choreographer David Dawson was inspired by Max Richter’s reinterpretation of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” (2012) to create an abstract piece about the cycle of life. A neoclassical ballet develops within the spare, beguilingly beautiful stage space of Eno Henze. The focus is on man, on stillness as well as the movement of continual change, exposed to the most diverse moments of perception and energy, alternating between life and death. »The Four Seasons« premiered at the Semperoper in 2018.

Premiere 10. March 2018

Ein Sommernachtstraum / A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Frederick Ashton / David Dawson

Oct
2023

Oct
2023

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  • Free introductory talk
  • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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    • Free introductory talk
    • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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      • Free introductory talk
      • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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        • Free introductory talk
        • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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        • Free introductory talk
        • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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          • Free introductory talk
          • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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            • Free introductory talk
            • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
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              • Free introductory talk
              • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up
                02:40 min
                Ballet
                Trailer
                A Midsummer Night’s Dream
                Ballet evening by Frederick Ashton and David Dawson
                Ballet
                Making-of
                A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Making-of (1)
                Rehearsal of »The Four Seasons«
                Ballet
                Making-of
                A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Making-of (2)
                Rehearsal of »The Dream«
                Ballet
                Making-of
                A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Making-of (3)
                Rehearsal with violinist Daniel Hope