This Oberon trades fairy wings for a suit.
In Netia Jones’ version of Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” the lovers frolic in a one-tree forest and Puck hops on a trampoline beneath a shining moon.
Opening on Saturday, July 31 at the Santa Fe Opera, it’s the first time the SFO has staged this ode to Shakespeare.
Countertenor Iestyn Davies stars in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the Santa Fe Opera. (Courtesy of The Santa Fe Opera)
Countertenor Iestyn Davies plays Oberon, the king of the fairies.
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“He’s malevolent, he’s benevolent, he’s a little bit of both,” Davies said in a telephone interview.