Songe d’Une Nuit d’Ete, Le

Alternative title: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Synopsis: Comic opera. Ambroise Thomas’ comic three-act fantasy in which Queen Elizabeth intervenes in a young Shakespeare’s life to save him from debauchery with his friend Falstaff, and to turn him toward his true vocation of poet. Recorded in performance during the Festival de Compiegne, for the inauguration of the Eurotunnel. The choir of the Theatre Francaise de la Musique and the Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Cracow are conducted by Michel Swierczewski. Costumes designed and provided by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Series: Opera Francais
Language: French (Standard)
Country: France
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2005
Recording date: 7 May 1994
Duration: 197 mins

Director

Pierre Jourdan

Writer

Adolphe de Leuven; M. Rosier

Music

Ambroise Thomas

Costume

Gilles Dubernet; Royal Shakespeare Company

Cast

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