Description
Thomas : Le Songe d'une nuit d'été / Theatre Imperial de Compiegne / Theatre Francais de la Music / Pierre Jourdan /Collection la Opera Francais / Spectacle Officiel Presente 7 Mai 1994 / 2003 DVD PAL
Total Runtime 197 Minutes
UPC 7619930700213
Region All Zones PAL
Made in France
AUDIO: French
SUBTITLE: English
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 3.28 Ounces
- Director : Pierre Jourdan
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Subtitled, PAL, Classical
- Run time : 3 hours and 17 minutes
- Release date : November 22, 2005
- Actors : Ghyslaine Raphanel, Alain Gabriel, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Cécile Besnard, Michel Swierczewski
- Language : Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : Kultur Video
- Writers : Adolphe Adam, Rosier et Leuven
- Number of discs : 1
Le songe d'une nuit d'été (A Midsummer Night's Dream) is an opéra-comique in three acts composed by Ambroise Thomas to a French libretto by Joseph-Bernard Rosier and Adolphe de Leuven. Although it shares the French title for Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, its plot is not based on the play. Shakespeare himself is a character in the opera as are Elizabeth I and Falstaff.
Ambroise Thomas wrote this comic opera, which has little to do with A Midsummer Nights Dream; it includes Falstaff, Elizabeth I and Shakespeare all in a strange literary interaction. Thomas fused many of the operatic styles of his day in a skillfully written score. The piece was revived at Compiègne in 1994 to mark the opening of the Channel Tunnel. Noted director and producer Pierre Jourdan has been staging opera since 1968. In 1988, he founded the Théâtre Français de la Musique and the association Pour le Théâtre Impérial in the Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne. Every year, he directs and produces different lyric works with the mission to rediscover the French musical and lyrical repertoire from the post-baroque to today and to restore an authentic French style to the singers and the orchestras which accompany them. These productions have been triumphantly welcomed by the public and critics alike.
