Wexford Festival Opera presents Ambroise Thomas' Le Songe D'Une Nuit D'Été, an opéra-comique with spoken dialogue, recorded live at the National Opera House, Wexford - watch above.
Conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire, directed by Stefania Panighini with set designs by Tiziano Santi, the title may recall A Midsummer Night's Dream, but the libretto of this opéra-comique plays in a much subtler way. Shakespeare here is one of the characters, together with Falstaff and Queen Elizabeth I...
The outstanding cast includes Hasmik Toroysan, Valentina Mastrangelo and Sébastien Guèze.
