Les Arts dedicates the most important activity of the month of June to the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare

The Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía dedicates the second activity of the month of June to the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare with a program alongside the second comedy 'The Sleep of a Summer Night' and its various adaptations.

Both the operatic activities in the Main Hall, with 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', by Benjamin Britten, and the symphony, in the Auditori, with the concert-spectacle 'El son de una nit d'estiu', by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, will complete both educational purposes.

Now available, June 4, the center proposes a new edition of the family activity 'Un matí amb A Midsummer Night's Dream', a practical workshop that explains to young and not so young people the process of constructing an operatic muntatge from the stage of the Main Hall, with tickets for 15 euros for the general public, 12 for subscribers, 7 euros for young people for 20 years, and 10 euros for those who accompany a young person from their environment in this activity.

Furthermore, participants in this activity, if they make a prior reservation, can enjoy a special menu at the Contrapunto restaurant for 20 euros, presenting the location of “Un matí amb A Midsummer Night's Dream”.

This month of June, the Aula Magistral features a dramatized reading of the classic Shakespeare, with public performances of the didactic program, on June 8 and 9, and a performance for the general public on June 11, at 6:00 p.m. Les Arts presents its own new theatrical production, with text adapted by Anselmo Alonso, and actors from La Farsería.

In parallel, students will be able to analyze in the literary workshop 'De llibre a llibret', the adaptation of the theatrical text, which the English playwright wrote at the end of the 20th century. XVI, to the opera language of the s. XX in the work of Benjamin Britten.

Shakespeare by Britten and Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Roberto Abbado, on the podium, and Paul Curran, on stage, finish this week's work ahead of the premiere of the opera of the same name that will be composed by Benjamin Britten. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', the last new production of the 2015-2016 Season, was also the first score by the English composer for the Valencian Community Orchestra.

The Scottish director, also responsible for the scenery and choreography of this muntatge, with lighting by David Jacques and costumes by Gabriella Ingram, will premiere on December 10, his first work for Les Arts, which will also be performed on the 12th, 14th, 16th and 18th.

Young stars of the English repertoire together with singers from the Center Plácido Domingo make up the broad cast of this work, with the countertenor Christopher Lowrey (Oberon) and the emerging soprano Nadine Sierra (Tytania), who the Les Arts public will remember for her debut in 'Don Pasquale' in 2016, with the protagonists.

Completing the cast: Brandon Cedel (Theseus), Iulia Safonova (Hippolyta), Mark Milhofer (Lysander), Dan Kempson (Demetrius), Nozomi Kato (Hermia), Leah Partridge (Helena), Conal Coad (Bottom), Richard Burkhard (Quince), Keith Jameson (Flute), Tyler Simpson (Snug), William Ferguson (Snout), Michael Borth (Starveling) and actor Christopher Darmanin (Puck).

Ramón Tebar closes the symphonic offering of Les Arts with another adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, in this case, the one written by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and which is used as a musical accompaniment to the theatrical work throughout the 19th century.

The night of a summer night will be offered to the Auditori on June 23, a date that marks the beginning of this season. Les Arts offers a new concert-spectacle, self-produced and stage directed by Allex Aguilera. Returning to the Valencian opera is actor Rossy de Palma, who has previously participated in the performances of the sarsuela 'La corte de pharaón', by Lleó Barbastre, and in 'Romancero Gitano', by García Lorca, in the transcription for the narrator, vocal quartet and guitar by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.