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    Glyndebourne: Hamlet

    163'

    2018-06-29

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    Drama,Music

    Overview:

    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?

    DirectingFrançois RoussillonWritingWilliam Shakespeare

    Cast

    1

    Hamlet

    Allan Clayton

    1

    Ophelia

    Barbara Hannigan

    1

    Claudius

    Rodney Gilfry

    1

    Gertrude

    Sarah Connolly

    1

    Laertes

    David Butt Philip

    1

    Polonius

    Kim Begley

    1

    Horatio

    Jacques Imbrailo

    1

    Marcellus

    James Newby

    1

    Ghost/Gravedigger

    John Tomlinson

    1

    Rosencrantz

    Rupert Enticknap

    1

    Guildenstern

    Christopher Lowrey

    1

    Self/Conductor

    Vladimir Jurowski

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
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    • List of countries:
      1. France
      2. Japan
      3. United Kingdom
    • List of languages:
      1. List of companies:
        1. Glyndebourne Festival Opera
        2. Francois Roussillon et Associés
        3. Medici Entertainment
        4. CNC
        5. BBC
      2. Vote Count: 0
      3. Popularity: 0.242
      4. Status: Released
      5. Original title:Glyndebourne: Hamlet

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