What Dreams May Come

Sat 15 Feb, 2:30pm & 7:30pm

About

Throughout the centuries, composers have been influenced and inspired by Shakespeare’s work.

What Dreams May Come is a new studio piece drawing on hundreds of years of music inspired by and adapted from Shakespeare’s plays and poetry to depict the joys and sorrows of a long life, well-lived.

Mixing puppetry with music by Purcell, Gerald Finzi and more performed by a chamber ensemble, this new production from English Touring Opera explores the timeless appeal of Shakespeare’s words and characters for composers and audiences throughout history. Valentina Ceschi, whose past work for ETO includes the charming and colourful Il viaggio a Reims from 2023, The Great Stink and our film for families, The Firebird, returns to direct. 

Songs performed in their original language with handouts provided to audience members.

The Company


Credits

Director - Valentina Ceschi
Conductor/Piano - Erika Gundesen
Designer - Lily Arnold
Puppetry Designer - Matt Hutchinson
Lighting Designer - Peter Harrison

Performers - Alys Roberts, Emily Hodkinson, Tamsanqa Tylor Lemani, Samuel Pantcheff


About the Company

Since 1979, English Touring Opera has toured outstanding live productions and impactful education and community projects to more towns and cities than any other UK opera company. At the heart of our ethos is making exceptional artistic experiences available and accessible to everyone. We reach 40,000 people per year with full theatre-based productions, specially commissioned operas for infants, children, families and young people with special educational needs, a series of creative workshops for people living with dementia and their carers, opera-making workshops in secondary schools, and songwriting workshops in Alternative Provision settings designed to benefit young people’s mental health.

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