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A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet) - Wikipedia

A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet) A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's music to Shakespeare's play of the same name. In addition to the incidental music, Balanchine incorporated other Mendelssohn works into the ballet, including the Overtures to Athalie, Son and Stranger, and The Fair Melusine, the "String Symphony No. 9 in C minor" and The First Walpurgis Night.[1] A Midsummer Night's Dream, Balanchine's first completely original full-length ballet, premiered at New York City Ballet on 17 January 1962,[1][2] with Edwin Landseer, Scene from A Midsummer Edward Villella in the role of Oberon, Melissa Hayden Night's Dream, Titania and Bottom, 1851 in the role of Titania, and Arthur Mitchell in the role of Puck. They were joined by Francisco Moncion in the role of Theseus- Duke of Athens.[3] The ballet employs a large children's corps de ballet.[4] Act I tells Shakespeare's familiar story of lovers and fairies while Act II presents a strictly classical dance wedding celebration. The ballet dispenses with Shakespeare's play-within-a-play finale. A Midsummer Night's Dream opened The New York City Ballet's first season at the New York State Theater in April, 1964.[1]

Contents Casts Videography Other ballets of A Midsummer Night's Dream References External links

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Roles

World premiere[5]

1966 filmed version[6]

1986 filmed version[7]

Paris Opera Ballet premiere (2017)[8]

Titiana

Melissa Hayden

Suzanne Farrell

Maria Calegari

Eleonora Abbagnato

Oberon

Edward Villella

Ib Andersen

Paul Gibson

Puck

Arthur Mitchell

Jean-Pierre Frohlich

Hugo Vigliotti

Hippolyta

Gloria Govrin

Victoria Hall

Alice Renavand

Theseus - Duke of Athens

Francisco Moncion

Cornel Crabtree

Florian Magnenet

Titiana's cavalier

Conrad Ludlow

Jock Soto

Stéphane Bullion

Helena

Jillana

Stephanie Saland

Fanny Gorse

Demetrius

Bill Carter

Peter Frame

Audric Bezard

Hermia

Patricia McBride

Judith Fugate

Laëtitia Pujol

Lysander - Beloved of Hermia

Nicholas Magallanes

Kypling Houston

Alessio Carbone

Butterfly

Suki Schorer

Katrina Killian

Muriel Zusperreguy

divertissement

Violette Verdy Conrad Ludlow

Merrill Ashley Adam Lüders

Sae Eun Park Karl Paquette

Videography A 1966 performance was filmed and released the following year. It featured Suzanne Farrell, Edward Villella, Arthur Mitchell and Gloria Govrin.[6] A performance in 1986 was filmed as a part of Live from Lincoln Center. The Lincoln Center released the video online in light of the impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on the performing arts.[7] In 1999, a Pacific Northwest Ballet performance at the Sadler's Wells Theatre in London was filmed and released as a DVD.[9] The Paris Opera Ballet also released a recording of a performance during the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, which featured Eleonora Abbagnato, Laëtitia Pujol, Alice Renavand, Stéphane Bullion, Hugo Marchand and Karl Paquette.[10] When the coronavirus pandemic cut short the San Francisco Ballet 2020 performance to just its opening night on March 6th, it was subsequently recorded in an empty War Memorial Opera House shortly after its opening and released as part of the all-digital 2021 season.[11][12]

Other ballets of A Midsummer Night's Dream Frederick Ashton (The Dream) Christopher Wheeldon Bruce Wells on the Boston Ballet Ib Andersen on Ballet Arizona https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Midsummer Night%27s Dream (ballet)

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David Nixon on BalletMet Columbus John Neumeier on the Hamburg Ballet François Klaus on the Queensland Ballet Heinz Spoerli on Basel Ballet, Rhine Opera Ballet, and Zurich Ballet Lourdes Lopez on Miami City Ballet John Clifford on (The Portland Ballet) Liam Scarlett on [13]The Royal New Zealand Ballet

A Midsummer Night's Dream Bruce Wells

References 1. A Midsummer Night's Dream. (http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/Midsummer.html) Archived (https:// web.archive.org/web/20081015004329/http://www.balletmet.org/Notes/Midsummer.html) October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008. 2. New York City Ballet: Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream. (http://www.kennedy-center.org/c alendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&event=BHBSH) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/ 20080103071252/http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/index.cfm?fuseaction=showEvent&eve nt=BHBSH) 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008. 3. Francisco Moncion in the premier of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream The George Balanchine Foundation - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Francisco Moncion on balanchine.org (htt p://www.balanchine.org/balanchine/display_result.jsp?id=414¤t=21&sid=Francisco%20Mon cion&searchMethod=exact) 4. Boston Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream. (http://www.bostonballet.org/season/performances/Mi dsummer.html) Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20080621073627/http://www.bostonballet.or g/season/performances/Midsummer.html) June 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008. 5. "340. A Midsummer Night's Dream" (http://www.balanchine.org/display_result.jsp?num=340). The George Balanchine Foundation. Retrieved 23 May 2020. 6. "Screen: 'Midsummer Night's Dream:Balanchine Helps Turn Classic Into Film" (https://www.nytime s.com/1967/04/18/archives/screen-midsummer-nights-dreambalanchine-helps-turn-classic-into.ht ml). New York Times. 18 April 1967. 7. "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1986)" (https://web.archive.org/web/20200604153218/http://lincoln center.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/a-midsummer-nightrsquos-dream-1986-244). Lincoln Center at Home. Archived from the original (http://lincolncenter.org/lincoln-center-at-home/show/amidsummer-nightrsquos-dream-1986-244) on June 4, 2020. 8. "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été" (https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/season-16-17/ballet/le-songe-dune-nu it-dete). Paris Opera. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20190712193439/https://www.operad eparis.fr/en/season-16-17/ballet/le-songe-dune-nuit-dete) from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2020. 9. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (https://www.pnb.org/repertorylist/a-midsummer-nights-dream/). Pacific Northwest Ballet. Retrieved June 15, 2020. 10. "Le Songe d'une nuit d'été" (https://www.operadeparis.fr/en/magazine/le-songe-dune-nuit-dete). Opéra national de Paris. 11. Munice, Amy (25 January 2021). "San Francisco Ballet Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Review — Delectable!" (https://www.picturethispost.com/san-francisco-ballet-presents-amidsummer-nights-dream-review/). picturethispost.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. 12. Mead, David (22 January 2021). "A dream of A Midsummer Night's Dream from San Francisco Ballet" (http://www.seeingdance.com/sf-ballet-a-midsummer-nights-dream-24012021/). seeingdance.com. Retrieved 30 January 2021. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A Midsummer Night%27s Dream (ballet)

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13. "The Vodafone Season of A Midsummer Night's Dream — RNZB" (https://rnzb.org.nz/shows/the-v odafone-season-of-a-midsummer-nights-dream/). www.rnzb.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-06-03.

External links A Midsummer Night's Dream (https://www.balanchine.com/Ballet/A-Midsummer-Night%E2%80%9 9s-Dream) on the website of the Balanchine Trust Excerpts performed by San Francisco Ballet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjn0s33ezoY) Excerpts performed by Pacific Northwest Ballet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UeyRifpO8 A) Tiler Peck on A Midsummer Night's Dream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUH20r1DJKU) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php? title=A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream_(ballet)&oldid=1029027660"

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