STAGE+ A Midsummer Night's Dream
18 AUG 2024: Antonello Manacorda, Kammerakademie Potsdam: A Midsummer Night's Dream live from the New Palace in Potsdam in 4K.
Mendelssohn composed his famous A Midsummer Night's Dream Overture in his teens but was able to incorporate it 16 years later into incidental music written to accompany Shakespeare's fantastical play (including what's probably his best-known piece, the rousing Wedding March). The incidental music was composed to a commission from King Frederick Wilhelm IV of Prussia, and in this special performance it is presented in theatre of the New Palace in Potsdam, the exact location of its premiere in October 1843. Joining the Kammerakademie Potsdam and conductor Antonello Manacorda are soloists Jeanine De Bique and Christiane Karg, who also performs Berlioz’s exquisite Les nuits d’été, composed just a couple of years before Mendelssohn's work.
English title A Midsummer Night's Dream
Composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Recording location Neues Palais, Potsdam
Video format 4K
Production year 2024
Recording date 18.08.2024
Conductor Antonello Manacorda
Orchestra / Band Kammerakademie Potsdam
Choir NDR Vokalensemble
Soloist Christiane Karg
Soloist Jeanine de Bique
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