Thomas: Hamlet

Thomas: Hamlet

178 mins | Music | March 27, 2010

After over a century out of the Met’s repertoire, audiences were thrilled to discover just what a sensational evening in the theater Thomas’s Hamlet can be. Simon Keenlyside’s riveting performance as the tortured Prince of Denmark in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s starkly brooding production had critics raving that Keenlyside’s superb singing, coupled with his deftly delineated three-dimensional Hamlet, was one of the greatest examples of operatic drama of our time. The cast includes Marlis Petersen as the long suffering Ophélie, who brilliantly shows why her mad scene is so justly famous, along with Jennifer Larmore and James Morris as Gertrude and Claudius.

Thomas: Hamlet

178 mins | Music | March 27, 2010

Thomas: Hamlet
After over a century out of the Met’s repertoire, audiences were thrilled to discover just what a sensational evening in the theater Thomas’s Hamlet can be. Simon Keenlyside’s riveting performance as the tortured Prince of Denmark in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser’s starkly brooding production had critics raving that Keenlyside’s superb singing, coupled with his deftly delineated three-dimensional Hamlet, was one of the greatest examples of operatic drama of our time. The cast includes Marlis Petersen as the long suffering Ophélie, who brilliantly shows why her mad scene is so justly famous, along with Jennifer Larmore and James Morris as Gertrude and Claudius.
Producers
Original title Thomas: Hamlet
Directors Brian Large
Writers Ambroise Thomas, Michel Carré, Jules Barbier, William Shakespeare

Cast

Simon Keenlyside

as Hamlet

Marlis Petersen

as Ophélie

Jennifer Larmore

as Gertrude

Toby Spence

as Laerte

James Morris

as Claudius

Richard Bernstein

as Gravedigger

Liam Bonner

as Horatio

Maxim Mikhailov

as Polonius

David Pittsinger

as Ghost

Matthew Plenk

as Marcellus

Peter Richards

as Player King

Christian Rozakis

as Player Villain

Mark Schowalter

as Gravedigger

Joshua Wynter

as Player Queen

Renée Fleming

as Self - Host