College-Conservatory of Music's ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ an exuberant triumph

The curtain rose on a round, sci-fi spaceship that teetered in a dystopian forest littered with bags of garbage, the detritus of a ruined planet. The space craft’s escape hatch popped open to reveal not aliens, but Oberon, King of the Fairies, and his queen, Tytania. The College-Conservatory of Music production of Benjamin Britten’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which opened March 6 in Patricia Corbett Theater, was nothing short of out-of-this world. It was directed by Robin Guarino, whose…