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Glyndebourne: Hamlet
Glyndebourne: Hamlet
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Glyndebourne: Hamlet

2018
2h 43m
Drama
Music

Status

Released

Release

2018

Runtime

2h 43m

Storyline

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?

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 43m
Jun 29, 2018
Digital Release
Jun 29, 2018
Director
François Roussillon
Production
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Francois Roussillon Et Associés
Francois Roussillon Et Associés
Medici Entertainment
Medici Entertainment
CNC
CNC
BBC
BBC
Production Countries
France
Japan
United Kingdom

Top Cast

12 Cast Members

Allan Clayton

Allan Clayton

Hamlet

Barbara Hannigan

Barbara Hannigan

Ophelia

Rodney Gilfry

Rodney Gilfry

Claudius

Sarah Connolly

Sarah Connolly

Gertrude

David Butt Philip

Laertes

Kim Begley

Polonius

Jacques Imbrailo

Jacques Imbrailo

Horatio

James Newby

Marcellus

John Tomlinson

John Tomlinson

Ghost/Gravedigger

Rupert Enticknap

Rosencrantz

Christopher Lowrey

Guildenstern

Vladimir Jurowski

Self/Conductor

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