United Kingdom / Jun 29, 2018
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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?
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| James Newby | Marcellus |
| John Tomlinson | Ghost/Gravedigger |
| Rupert Enticknap | Rosencrantz |
| Christopher Lowrey | Guildenstern |
| Vladimir Jurowski | Self/Conductor |
Genres
DramaMusic
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Glyndebourne: Hamlet |
| Original language | EN |
| Production countries | France, Japan, United Kingdom |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Francois Roussillon Et Associés, Medici Entertainment, CNC, BBC |
| Release date | 29 giugno 2018 |
| Writer | William Shakespeare |
| Cinematography | Madjid Hakimi |
| Assistant directors | François Roussillon, Neil Armfield |
| Camera operators | Madjid Hakimi |
| Additional photography | Madjid Hakimi |
| Production design | Ralph Myers |
| Art direction | Ralph Myers |
| Set decoration | Ralph Myers |
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| Music | Brett Dean |
| Sound | Brett Dean |
| Costume design | Alice Babidge |
| Makeup | Alice Babidge |
| Hairstyling | Alice Babidge |
Release dates
Digital
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