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Glyndebourne: Hamlet (2018)

2018-06-29 · 2h 43m · EN
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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?

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Matthew JocelynWriterFrançois RoussillonDirector

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Allan ClaytonAllan ClaytonHamletBarbara HanniganBarbara HanniganOpheliaRodney GilfryRodney GilfryClaudiusSarah ConnollySarah ConnollyGertrudeDavid Butt PhilipDavid Butt PhilipLaertesKim BegleyKim BegleyPoloniusJacques ImbrailoJacques ImbrailoHoratioJames NewbyJames NewbyMarcellusJohn TomlinsonJohn TomlinsonGhost/GravediggerRupert EnticknapRupert EnticknapRosencrantzChristopher LowreyChristopher LowreyGuildensternVladimir JurowskiVladimir JurowskiSelf/Conductor

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What is Glyndebourne: Hamlet about?

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?

How long is Glyndebourne: Hamlet?

Glyndebourne: Hamlet has a runtime of 163 minutes.