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The scoring of the Shakespeare classic "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy is exemplary of the connection between literature and music in the Romantic period.
William Shakespeare's comedy "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is the basis for Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy's theatrical music. Valerie Wilhelm and Marc Schwämmlein take large and small audiences on a poetic journey. To the fairy king Oberon, to the fairy queen Titania, to Puck with his strange potions, and to all the other mysterious fairy tale creatures.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: A Midsummer Night's Dream in an arrangement by Marc Schwämmlein
Valerie Wilhelm (vocals), Marc Schwämmlein (vocals), artist collective Kopffarben, Julia Schäfer (painting)
Johannes Schmidt (animation), Bayer-Philharmoniker, Jesús Ortega Martínez (conductor)
