Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)
Alfred Deller as Oberon (for details see "Performers" below)
Decca MET 397 [LP]

Contents:

    Benjamin Britten: Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)

Playing time: unknown

Performers:
Alfred Deller <Oberon> (alto), Elizabeth Harwood <Tytania> (soprano), Sir Peter Pears <Lysander> (tenor), Thomas Hemsley <Demetrius> (baritone), Josephine Veasey <Hermia> (mezzo-soprano), Heather Harper <Helena> (soprano), Stephen Terry <Puck> (speaker), John Shirley-Quirk <Theseus> (baritone), Helen Watts <Hyppolita>, Owen Brannigan <Bottom> (bass), Norman Lumsden <Quince> (bass), Kenneth MacDonald <Flute> (tenor), David Kelly <Snug> (bass), Robert Tear <Snout> (tenor), Keith Raggett <Starveling> (tenor), Richard Dakin <Cobweb> (treble), John Prior <Peaseblossom> (treble), Ian Wodehouse <Mustardseed> (treble), Gordon Clark <Moth> (treble), oth., Downside School Boys' Choirs, Emanuel School Boys' Choirs, London Symphony Orchestra - Benjamin Britten, dir.

Recording site and date:
[1966]

Compilation:
MET or SET 338/40 [LP, mono or stereo, x3]

Reviewed in:
Gramophone (Vol./#-p.):

Comments:

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Pierre-F. Roberge