Curated and introduced by Dr. R.P. Jain

 

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (156 min; dvd; English subtitles)
 

A brilliant adaptation of the Shakespearean play by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears

Opera in three acts filmed at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1981

 

With Ileana Cotrubas (Tytania); James Bowman (Oberon); Curt Appelgren (Bottom); Cynthia Buchan (Hermia); Ryland Davies (Lysander); Dale Duesing (Demetrius); Felicity Lott (Helen); and others

 

The London Philharmonic

Conductor: Bernard Haitink