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Performance on 3: Hamlet

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With a plot noticeably different from Shakespeare's - it has a happy ending for one thing - Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet is an opera full of musical beauty and exuberance. In this production, new to the Royal Opera House from directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, Simon Keenlyside heads an impressive cast as the tortured Danish prince, who in seeking revenge for his father's death spurns his admirer Ophelie and gives his mother
Gertrude good reason for suspecting him of madness. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Louis Langree

Contributors

Director:
Patrice Caurier
Director:
Moshe Leiser
Presented by:
Stephanie Hughes
Conductor:
Louis Langree
Prince Hamlet:
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Claudius:
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Gertrude:
Yvonne Naef (mezz)
Ophelie:
Natalie Dessay (soprano)
Laerte:
Yann Beuron (tenor)
Le Spectre:
Markus Hollop (bass)
Marcellus:
Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Horatio:
Graeme Broadbent (bass)
Polonius:
Jonathan May (bass)
First gravedigger:
Darren Jeffery (bass-Baritone)
Second gravedigger:
Matthew Beale(tenor)
Source: Radio Times

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