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THE CAST

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.


Watch the Masterclass for 'O for the Wings of a Dove'
Watch a performance of Mendelssohn's 'Elijah'
Return to the Mendelssohn index page

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