Glyndebourne Hamlet

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Glyndebourne Hamlet
NR 2 hr 43 minDrama, Music
Brett Deans multiawardwinning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017 The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares bestknown 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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Original Language:English
Production Companies:Glyndebourne Festival Opera Francois Roussillon Et Associés Medici Entertainment CNC BBC
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opera