A Midsummer Night's Dream (English National Opera)
Reaching the interval of Christopher Alden's new production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" I realised I had spent the previous two hours entirely enthralled but not really enjoying a minute of it. Whatever you think Benjamin Britten's "Midsummer" is, this mostly certainly is not. Alden has produced an evening of chilling intent that, whilst intensely discomforting, is pretty close to a triumph.The fanciful woodland d…