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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

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Frederick Ashton / David Dawson

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Dates

Oct
2023

Oct
2023

Info

  • Free introductory talk
  • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

  • Guided tour through the Semperoper
    Info

    • Free introductory talk
    • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

    • Guided tour through the Semperoper
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      • Free introductory talk
      • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

      • Guided tour through the Semperoper
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        • Family Introductions
          Free introductory talk for children and families 45 minutes before curtain-up in the opera cellar, duration around 20 minutes

        • Free introductory talk
        • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

        • Guided tour through the Semperoper
        Info

        • Free introductory talk
        • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

        • Guided tour through the Semperoper
          Info

          • Free introductory talk
          • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

          • Guided tour through the Semperoper
            Info

            • Free introductory talk
            • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

            • Guided tour through the Semperoper
              Info

              • Free introductory talk
              • held in the Semper Opera House cellar 45 minutes before curtain-up

              • Guided tour through the Semperoper

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                02:40 min
                Ballett
                Trailer
                A Midsummer Night’s Dream
                Ballet evening by Frederick Ashton and David Dawson
                Ballett
                Making-of
                Ein Sommernachtstraum – Making-of (1)
                Probe »The Four Seasons«
                Ballett
                Making-of
                Ein Sommernachtstraum – Making-of (2)
                Probe »The Dream«
                Ballett
                Making-of
                Ein Sommernachtstraum – Making-of (3)
                Probe mit Violinist Daniel Hope
                14:52 min
                Ballett
                Introductory Talk
                Ein Sommernachtstraum – Werkeinführung
                Opernführer mit Ballett-Dramaturgin Regina Genée
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