Drama on 3 - Mendelssohn Weekend - A Midsummer Night's Dream

A rare chance to hear Shakespeare's play and Mendelssohn's complete incidental music for it in its intended context, specially recorded in the Tudor setting of the Middle Temple Hall in London. Tim Carroll introduces his production in conversation with Louise Fryer. Oberon/Theseus ...... Martin Turner Titania/Hippolyta ...... Melanie Jessop Lysander/Flute ...... Alex Hassell Demetrius/Starveling ...... Daniel Rigby Helena/Snug ...... Catherine Bailey Puck/Snout ...... James Garnon Bottom/Egeus ...... John Paul Connolly Hermia/Quince/First Fairy ...... Elena Pavli Ladies' Choir of the Enlightenment Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Charles Hazlewood (conductor) Directed by Tim Carroll.