A Midsummer Night's Dream

“***** Lavish Dream for Britten Fans … I‚d recommend this Dream even to non-Britten Fans … the most mesmeric and magical staging, a trancey lesson in what opera can add to Shakespeare.” 
Robert Thicknesse, The Times

“***** A Midsummer Night’s Dream is wonderful beyond words. It's directed with a delicious eye for detail by ETO’s frontman, James Conway; sparklingly designed by Joanna Parker, and even more fabulously conducted by Michael Rosewell … a model of how director’s should direct: planned, observant, apt, perfect … Hike Miles to See This … You’ll laugh and laugh … Aideen Malone creates a web of mystic half-lights; the costumes are a triumph. Every half- move is finessed with a function, Conway‚s blocks are a joy … A Corker of a show from a tip-top team.”
Roderic Dunnett, The Independent

“Everything seems to have come right for ETO … Britten’s score sounded magical … There was magic on stage too … Designed by Joanna Parker and beautifully lit by Aideen Malone, Tytania’s simple bower became a place of enchantment … James Conway, the producer and ETO’s general director, made sure he did not put a foot wrong in delivering a production with charm and humour to spare”
Richard Fairman, Financial Times