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A Midsummer Night's Dream (ballet)

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This article is about Balanchine's 1962 full-length ballet. For Shakespeare's play, see A Midsummer Night's Dream. For other uses, see A Midsummer Night's Dream (disambiguation).
Edwin Landseer, Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titania and Bottom, 1851

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a two-act ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Felix Mendelssohn's music to Shakespeare's play of the same name. In addition to the incidental music, Balanchine incorporated other Mendelssohn works into the ballet, including the Overtures to Athalie, Son and Stranger, and The Fair Melusine, the "String Symphony No. 9 in C minor" and The First Walpurgis Night.[1] A Midsummer Night's Dream, Balanchine's first completely original full-length ballet, premiered at New York City Ballet on 17 January 1962,[1][2] with Edward Villella in the role of Oberon, Melissa Hayden in the role of Titania, and Arthur Mitchell in the role of Puck. They were joined by Francisco Moncion in the role of Theseus- Duke of Athens.[3] The ballet employs a large children's corps de ballet.[4] Act I tells Shakespeare's familiar story of lovers and fairies while Act II presents a strictly classical dance wedding celebration. The ballet dispenses with Shakespeare's play-within-a-play finale. A Midsummer Night's Dream opened The New York City Ballet's first season at the New York State Theater in April, 1964.[1]

Casts

Original

film version (1966)

NYCB revivals

2009 Spring

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i first time in rôle
  2. ^ Jenifer Ringer replaced Wendy Whelan in the divertissement.
  3. ^ a b Troy Schumacher replaced Sean Suozzi in the rôle of Puck.

Other choreographers' interpretations

John Clifford on (The Portland Ballet)

References

  1. ^ a b c A Midsummer Night's Dream. Archived October 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  2. ^ New York City Ballet: Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Archived 2008-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  3. ^ Francisco Moncion in the premier of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream The George Balanchine Foundation - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Francisco Moncion on balanchine.org
  4. ^ Boston Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream. Archived June 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 October 2008.
  5. ^ Francisco Moncion in the premier of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream The George Balanchine Foundation - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Francisco Moncion on balanchine.org
  6. ^ Patricia McBride in the premier of Balanchine's "A Mid Summer Night's Dream" The George Balanchine Foundation - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Patricia McBride in the cast playing Hermia on balanchine.org
  7. ^ Nicholas Magallanes in the premier of Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream The George Balanchine Foundation - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Nicholas Magallanes in the cast playing Lysander on balanchine.org
  8. ^ New York Times review, Clive Barnes April 18, 1967 | https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B0DEFDA153AE63ABC4052DFB266838C679EDE
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