Details

Tormented by his father's death, Hamlet's vengeance is thwarted by his introspection in this new opera based on Shakespeare's best-known tragedy.

Cast/Performers

Allan Clayton (Hamlet), Sarah Connolly (Gertrude), Barbara Hannigan (Ophelia), Rod Gilfry (Claudius), Kim Begley (Polonius), John Tomlinson (Ghost of Old Hamlet), Jacques Imbrailo (Horatio), David Butt Philip (Laertes), David Hansen (Rosencrantz), Christopher Lowrey (Guildenstern)

Creatives/Company

Music: Brett Dean
Lyrics: Matthew Jocelyn
Producer: Glyndebourne Opera
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Director(s): Neil Armfield, Denni Sayers (movement director)
Design: Ralph Myers
Costume: Alice Babidge
Lighting: Jon Clark
Company(s): London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus