Maestro Elts to Conduct Mendelssohn’s Complete Midsummer’s Night Dream
Olari Elts joins forces with
NO99 theatre the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and girls’ choir Ellerhein to stage Mendelssohn’s
Midsummer’s Night Dream in its rarely heard entirety. Nine performances with the full play are planned through summer 2016 at the Estonia Concert Hall.
“Overture and
some movements of Mendelssohn’s Shakespeare-inspired midsummer nights dream incidental
music are often played in concerts. However, the music rarely accompanies the
full Shakespeare play, as originally intended,” highlights Maestro Olari Elts. “I
have wanted to bring the whole piece to stage for a long time and the result is
a fruit of years of planning with NO-theatre.”
This
slumber on summer solstice night brings together Olari Elts, directors Tiit
Ojasoo and Ene-Liis Semper. Midsummer’s Night Dream is staged in cooperation
with the revolutionary NO99 theatre, the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the
legendary girls’ choir Ellerhein. Elts returns to the orchestra of which he has
served as the principal guest conductor of since 2007. 2016 is celebrated as Shakespeare year,
marking 400th anniversary of his death.
Photo: NO99 theatre
30 May 2016
