ballet

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

ballet based on the play by William Shakespeare

Detailed information

Composer

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Duration

2 h (including one interval)

For whom?

youth, adults

Premiere at Baltic Opera Gdansk

28 February 2020

Creatives

music direction

Anna Duczmal-Mróz

conductor (VI 2024)

Franck Chastrusse Colombier

direction and choreography

Gray Veredon

scenography

Katarzyna Zawistowska

costumes

Zuzanna Markiewicz

animations

Mateusz Kozłowski

lights

Piotr Miszkiewicz

choir preparation

Agnieszka Długołęcka-Kuraś

music director's assistant

Krzysztof Brzozowski

choreographer's assistants

Izabela Sokołowska-Boulton

Wojciech Warszawski

scenographer's assistants

Zuzanna Kubicz

Daniela Oderska

lights assistant

Michał Stenzel

Description

Summer solstice, night atmosphere, the middle of a great forest, in addition, everything in a dreamlike reality ... Steeped in magic and love, the story, with extremely popular music by Mendelssohn and a phenomenal ballet ensemble on stage, is one of the most-watched and listened works at the Baltic Opera.

Shakespeare's work, which is the starting point for the production, focuses on the drama of lovers - Hermia and Lizander - who, looking for an escape in the Athenian forest from the girl's unfriendly father, mix in the everyday life of forest spirits, with Puck at the forefront. Comic ballet with mythology in the background. The performance of the Baltic Opera is inspired by the Lodz version of the ballet from 1985.

Realization - Ballet, Women's Choir and Orchestra of the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk.

In repertoire

7 June 2026