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Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. The famous story of Hamlet and Ophelia is played out between the opposite poles of real and feigned madness, love and avenge. After the murder of his father, Hamlet opposes the marriage of his mother and his uncle, at the expense of his beloved and himself. When Ambroise Thomas chose Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the subject of his new opera, France had been under the spell of the English bard for many years, and Ophelia had inspired romantic artists. The librettists Carré and Barbier distilled a straightforward story from Shakespeare’s abundant characters and situations, which, although it was clearly far removed from the original, inspired Thomas to write a coherent score that demonstrated his mastery of musical atmosphere. After their unanimously acclaimed Les Huguenots in 2011, Marc Minkowski and Olivier Py are continuing their highly personal exploration of the 19th century French Grand Opéra repertoire.
Claudius: Vincent Le Texier | La Reine Gertrude: Jennifer Larmore | Hamlet: Stéphane Degout | Polonius: Till Fechner | Ophélie: Lenneke Ruiten | Laërte: Rémy Mathieu | Horatio/Premier Fossoyeur: Henk Neven | Marcellus/Deuxième Fossoyeur: Gijs Van der Linden | Le Spectre du feu Roi: Jérôme Varnier | La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Musical direction : Marc Minkowski | Director: Olivier Py | Rehearsals of the staging: Andreas Zimmermann | Set design & costumes: Pierre-André Weitz | Light: Bertrand Killy | Chorus direction: Martino Faggiani
French
English, French
Production compagny : Oxymore
Coproduction compagny : La Monnaie/ De Munt, Mezzo
Running Time : 1x166'
Production Year : 2013
Distribution compagny : Telmondis Distribution
Video Format : HD CAM, Digibeta 16/9