Original: Pears was co-librettist for A Midsummer Night's Dream, and created one of his few comic roles in it.
Simplified: Pears helped to write the words for A Midsummer Night's Dream, based on the Shakespeare play. In most of Brittenâ s operas Pears sang serious roles, but in A Midsummer Nightâ s Dream he had a comic role: the part of Flute the Bellowsmender.