A Midsummer Night’s Dream

When fairies and mortals cross paths, mayhem is sure to follow.

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, presented by Opera Theatre of St. Louis, fairy king Oberon and his wife, Tytania, are locked in a quarrel when a group of unhappy young lovers wanders into their forest. Oberon dispatches the mischievous sprite Puck to resolve the young lovers’ strife with the help of a magical elixir, but when Puck applies that elixir to the wrong people, chaos erupts across the forest.

The young paramours enter a dark and surreal dream world where plans of revenge go hand-in-hand with seduction, and Britten’s hypnotizing score sets the perfect atmosphere for this journey into love’s absurdities.