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Hamlet

 

Title

Composer

Ambroise Thomas

Libretto

Carré and Barbier after a French version of Shakespeare’s tragedy by Dumas père and Paul Maurice

Venue and Dates

Gran Teatre del Liceu, October 2003

Conductor

Bertrand de Billy

Director

Jean-Michel Criqui (Revival Director). Original production Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser

 

Performers

Simon Keenlyside (Hamlet)

Natalie Dessay (Ophélie)

Béatrice Uria-Monzon (Gertrude)

Alain Vernhes (Claudius), Daniil Shtoda (Laërte)

Markus Hollop (Le Spectre)

Gustavo Peña (Marcellus)

Lluís Sintes (Horatio)

Celestino Varela (Polonius)

Chorus and Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

 

 

Production

Original production: Christian Fenouillat (sets), Agostino Cavalca (costumes), Christopher Forey (lighting)

 

 

Click here for details of the DVD of this production

Hamlet: Ambroise Thomas, DVD EMI Classics 5994479

Click here for details of an audiocassette of this production

Hamlet: Ambroise Thomas, audiocassette, House of Opera

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