Glyndebourne: Hamlet

Synopsis

Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlets dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeares most famous and arguably greatest work, given new life in operatic form in this original Glyndebourne commission. Thoughts of murder and revenge drive Hamlet when he learns that it was his uncle Claudius who killed his father, the King of Denmark, then seized his fathers crown and wife. But Hamlets vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world?

Main Cast

Allan Clayton

Hamlet

Age : 44 | Popularity : 3%

Barbara Hannigan

Ophelia

Age : 53 | Popularity : 3%

Rodney Gilfry

Claudius

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Sarah Connolly

Gertrude

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

David Butt Philip

Laertes

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Kim Begley

Polonius

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Jacques Imbrailo

Horatio

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

James Newby

Marcellus

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Book	William Shakespeare
	Writer	Matthew Jocelyn
Directing	Stage Director	Neil Armfield
	Director	François Roussillon
Crew	Choreographer	Denni Sayers
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Alice Babidge
Camera	Director of Photography	Madjid Hakimi
Art	Production Design	Ralph Myers
Sound	Music	Brett Dean
Department	Role	Name

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