A Midsummer Night's Dream - Megaron Athens Concert Hall

Megaron Athens Concert Hall > Events > A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream William Shakespeare's play with the stage music by Felix Mendelssohn

Κοντογιώργη- Όνειρο καλοκαιρινής νύχτας

Overview

 

Mendelssohn’s most famous melody, the Wedding March, is written for Shakespeare’s ode to love, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Fairies, elves, a forest full of surprises, two couples hunting each other, a travelling troupe, a royal wedding, all these unfolding to divine symphonic music that captures the sounds of the rustling leaves, the fairies’ lullabies, the donkey’s bray, the transformation and constant back-and-forth of love, the truth of the moment and the other truth, that of fantasy. The star of our performance is the ERT Symphony Orchestra, as it is the music itself that provides the narrative, offering an open interaction with Shakespeare’s text and the images that each one of us creates in his or her unique world. Actors become the Orchestra’s speaking instruments, voicing harmony when they fall in love and discord when they act as befits the gods or elves that they are. The ERT Choir becomes the forest’s fairy voice and together, we all travel to the unknown. To where each change in life is taking us. Some things will scare us, others will enchant us, and everything will be music. When we emerge from this world, we will all find ourselves in a different world. Thank you, Felix.

Credits

Cast

Nadia Kontogeorgi
Ioanna Triantafyllidou
Kimonas Kouris

Alexandros Chrysanthopoulos
Maria Petevi

Stratos Lykos

 

 

 

ERT Symphony Orchestra and Choir

 

conductor

Stathis Soulis

 

See also

Σκιές στο πεντάγραμμο

Theatre

Shadows on the Stave

How can an orchestra of traditional instruments interpret Beethoven? Can baroque music and rebétiko fit together on the same stage? How does an aria turn into an amané? Is it possible to find, in the same story, songs by unknown creators which spread by word of mouth and works by well-known classical composers?

Organizer: Megaron Athens Concert Hall

21.10 - 16.12.2023
robinson cPatroklos_Skafidas

Robinson Crusoe

After last year’s remarkable success, the musical and theatrical staging of Robinson Crusoe, directed...

Organizer: Megaron Athens Concert Hall

04.11 - 29.12.2023

SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER

Be the first to know about our events, performances and our latest news.