Opera in five acts. Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after Shakespeare. Premiered on 9 March 1868 at the Opéra (Salle Le Peletier).
Hamlet refuses to attend the coronation of his uncle Claudius who has married his recently widowed mother the queen. The late King Hamlet already seems to be forgotten in Elsinore, which smarts young Hamlet even more than his being kept away from the throne. The apparition of his late father on the ramparts will precipitate him into a destructive quest for truth.
From the adaptation of Shakespeare’s version by Dumas, Barbier and Carré wrote a romantic and spectacular libretto in which Ophelia shines with a peculiar radiance. With its virtuosic arias, arresting ensembles and vivid orchestra – and the appearance of the saxophone – Ambroise Thomas composed one of the finest scores of the French repertoire.
Louis Langrée is one of the great promoters of Hamlet, Stéphane Degout one of its most resonant incarnations. Sabine Devieilhe makes her debut in the extraordinary role of Ophelia and Cyril Teste stages and puts into perspective this metaphor for the power of drama.
Music direction, Louis Langrée • Staging, Cyril Teste • With Stéphane Degout, Sabine Devieilhe, Laurent Alvaro, Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, Julien Behr, Jérôme Varnier, Kevin Amiel, Yoann Dubruque, Nicolas Legoux • Choir, Les éléments • Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
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Spectacle en français, surtitré en français et en anglais
Cast
Choir:
Les éléments
Orchestra:
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
New Production:
Opéra Comique
Coproduction:
Collectif MXM, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. Dans le cadre du partenariat Beijing Music Festival / Opéra Comique.
Partnership
La production bénéficie du soutien d’Olivier Théron pour le banquet, agnès b. pour les costumes et Fabien Joly pour les fleurs.
Remerciements à Anaïs Cartier, Coline Dervieux, Johnny Rabines, Victor Figueiras, Olivier Saksik et la Comédie-Française
Vidéo de vague : Heewon Lee pour l’Opéra Comique
D’après l’édition critique de Hugh Macdonald, Bärenreiter-Verlag, Kassel – Basel – London – New York – Praha
Partnership
