Dean: Hamlet (Glyndebourne)
Shakespeare’s best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlet’s dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeare’s 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 father’s crown and wife. But Hamlet’s vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world?
Dean’s colourful, energetic, witty and richly lyrical music expertly captures the modernity of Shakespeare’s timeless tale, while also exploiting the traditional operatic elements of arias, ensembles and choruses. Matthew Jocelyn’s inspired libretto is pure Shakespeare, adhering to the Bard’s narrative thread but abridging, reconfiguring and interweaving it into motifs that highlight the main dramatic themes: death, madness, the impossibility of certainty and the complexities of action.
Hamlet: Allan Clayton
Gertrude: Sarah Connolly
Ophelia: Barbara Hannigan
Claudius: Rod Gilfry
Polonius: Kim Begley
Ghost of Old Hamlet: John Tomlinson
Horatio: Jacques Imbrailo
Laertes: David Butt Philip
Rosencrantz: Rupert Enticknap
Guildenstern: Christopher Lowrey
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director: Neil Armfield
Catalogue numbers: OA1254D (DVD) / OABD7231D (BLU-RAY)
Release Date - July 2018
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