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These days, Tucci will not take on a role if he doesn’t feel like he can do it — and looks back at some of his old roles with a hint of disdain, including his Puck in the 1999 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

But Dudamel lived up to tradition by opening the season with the premiere of a major cello by Gabriela Ortiz and a new staging of Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” featuring Spanish film star María Valverde.

This is an intriguing fit with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” directed by Dudamel’s longtime collaborator, Alberto Alvero.

There was this feeling, especially early on, where it felt like we were the tinkers in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

The Royal Exchange, Manchester's main producing theatre, has scrapped its entire five-week run of a modern retelling of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.