Name: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Start: 2024-04-13
End: 2024-04-13
Location: Seoul Arts Center

Organization

Admin

Korea National Opera

Stage director

Wolfgang Nägele

Conductor

Felix Krieger

Set designer

Stefan Mayer

Lighting designer

Costume designer

Annette Braun

Choreographer

Sommer UIrickson

Singer

Countertenor

James Laing

Oberon

Jang Jeong-Kwon

Soprano

Hyejeong Lee

Tytania

Hyeji Lee

Tenor

Kim Hyo-Jong

Lysander

Baritone

Byeonghyuk Choi

Demetrius

Mezzo-soprano

Jeong Ju-Yeon

Hermia

Yun Jung Choi

Helena

Bass

Cho Chan-Hee

Theseus

Orchestra

Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra

Sae lin Kim

Hippolyta

Bass-baritone

Park Eun-won

Bottom

Kang Do-ho

Flute

Choi Gongseok

Snug

Wi Jeong-min

Snout

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Seoul

South Korea

Seoul Arts Center

ntroduction to the work
Works by Britain's greatest playwrights and opera composers

A mysterious love commotion surrounding two pairs of lovers!​ 

 

The opera “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” is a beloved play by Shakespeare, a British playwright loved around the world, reborn as an opera by Benjamin Britten, the greatest British opera composer of the 20th century. It premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in England in 1960 and is an English opera that is difficult to see in Korea. It is expected that a unique atmosphere will be created as a German director and composer will meticulously present a British work. Felix Krieger, a versatile conductor who digests a wide range of opera repertoires, leads the music of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and director Wolfgang Negele, who is creating his own directing world, presents realistic and contemporary characters rather than mythological characters. Together, we plan to ask the audience various questions such as reality, marriage, and freedom.​ 

synopsis
Overn, the king of the fairies, sends the fairy Puck on an errand for the love flower in order to connect two young couples. The love flower contained the magic of falling in love with the person you saw immediately after opening your eyes. However, due to a fairy's mistake, the wrong people fall in love. At this time, preparations for a play are in full swing in the village. Seeing this, Puck turns Bottom's head into a donkey as a joke and applies a love flower to Obern's wife, Titania. As a result, she falls in love with Bottom, who has the head of a donkey. Due to the sudden change in attitude, a fight begins between the young lovers and the fight spreads to Titania and Bottom. As everyone falls asleep, exhausted from the fight, Puck returns them to their original state. Those who wake up think it was all a midsummer night's dream.

Public

Santiago Martin Bermejo

Approved

작품소개
영국 최고의 극작가와 오페라 작곡가의 작품

두 쌍의 연인을 둘러싼 신비한 사랑의 소동!​ 

 

오페라 <한여름 밤의 꿈>은 전 세계의 사랑을 받는 영국의 극작가 셰익스피어의 사랑스러운 희곡이 20세기 최고의 영국 오페라 작곡가 벤자민 브리튼의 손에서 오페라로 재탄생한 작품이다. 1960년 영국 알데버러 축제에서 초연되었으며 국내에서 보기 어려운 영어 오페라다. 영국적인 작품을 독일 연출가와 작곡가가 꼼꼼하게 펼쳐 보일 예정으로 색다른 분위기를 만들어 낼 것으로 기대된다. 광범위한 오페라 레파토리를 소화하고 있는 다재다능한 지휘자 펠릭스 크리거가 <한여름 밤의 꿈>의 음악을 이끌며, 자신만의 연출 세계를 만들어가고 있는 연출가 볼프강 네겔레는 신화 속 인물이 아닌 현실적이고 동시대적인 캐릭터와 함께 현실, 결혼, 자유 등 다양한 질문을 관객들에게 던질 예정이다.​

프로덕션
지휘 펠릭스 크리거 Felix Krieger

연출 볼프강 네겔레 Wolfgang Nägele

무대 Stefan Mayer

의상 Annette Braun

​조명 Stefan Mayer

안무 Sommer UIrickson

 

4. 11(목) / 13(토) 예술의전당 오페라극장

13(토) 마이오페라LIVE 네이버TV

 

오베론 Counter Ten. James Laing

티타니아 Sop. 이혜정

리산드로스 Ten. 김효종

데메트리우스 Bar. 최병혁

헤르미아 M.Sop.정주연

헬레나 Sop. 최윤정

테세우스 Bass 조찬희

히폴리타 Contralto 김세린

직물장이 B. Bar. 나의석

목수 Bass 박의현

풀무수리공 Ten. 강도호

가구장이 Bass 최공석

주석장이 Ten. 이요섭

양복장이 Bar. 박은원

 

 

4. 12(금) / 14(일) 예술의전당 오페라극장

 

오베론 Counter Ten. 장정권
티타니아 Sop. 이혜지

리산드로스 Ten. 김효종

데메트리우스 Bar. 최병혁

헤르미아 M.Sop.정주연

헬레나 Sop. 최윤정

테세우스 Bass 조찬희

히폴리타 Contralto 김세린

직물장이 B. Bar. 나의석

목수 Bass 박의현

풀무수리공 Ten. 강도호

가구장이 Bass 최공석

주석장이 Ten. 이요섭

양복장이 Bar. 박은원

 

경기필하모닉오케스트라



*공연 진행 상황에 따라 상기 출연진은 변경될 수 있습니다.​ ​​​

한국어

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A piece by UK’s greatest playwright and opera composer

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A piece by UK’s greatest playwright and opera composer

A mysterious love affair surrounding two pairs of lovers!



The opera is based on the world-beloved English playwright Shakespeare’s play and adapted by Benjamin Britten, the greatest English opera composer of the 20th century. It premiered in 1960 at the UK Aldeburgh Festival and is one of the few English-language operas to be seen in Korea. German Director and Conductor will thoroughly explore the British work, creating a different atmosphere. Felix Krieger, a versatile conductor with an extensive opera repertoire, will lead the music of , and director Wolfgang Nägele, who is building his own directorial world, will present the audience with realistic and contemporary characters rather than mythical ones, and ask various questions about reality, marriage, and freedom.​us love affair surrounding two pairs of lovers!



The opera is based on the world-beloved English playwright Shakespeare’s play and adapted by Benjamin Britten, the greatest English opera composer of the 20th century. It premiered in 1960 at the UK Aldeburgh Festival and is one of the few English-language operas to be seen in Korea. German Director and Conductor will thoroughly explore the British work, creating a different atmosphere. Felix Krieger, a versatile conductor with an extensive opera repertoire, will lead the music of , and director Wolfgang Nägele, who is building his own directorial world, will present the audience with realistic and contemporary characters rather than mythical ones, and ask various questions about reality, marriage, and freedom.​

Production
Conductor Felix Krieger

Stage Director Wolfgang Nägele

English

A Midsummer Night's Dream by Britten, Sat 13 Apr 2024, From (2024/2024), Directed by Wolfgang Nägele,, Conductor Felix Krieger, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea

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