Ambroise Thomas

HAMLET

Libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier

HD Transmission: March 27, 2010 at 7 P.M.

The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay bring their extraordinary acting and singing skills to two of the Bard’s most unforgettable characters in this new production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet. For the role of Ophelia, the French composer created an extended mad scene that is among the greatest in opera.

Conductor - Louis Langrée

Production - Patrice Caurier* and Moshe Leiser*

Set Designer - Christian Fenouillat*

Costume Designer - Agostino Cavalca*

Lighting Designer - Christophe Forey*

Ophélie - Marlis Petersen

Gertrude - Jennifer Larmore

Laërte - Toby Spence*

Hamlet - Simon Keenlyside

Claudius - James Morris

Production owned by the Grand Theatre of Geneva

Production underwritten by Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer J. Thomas, Jr.

*Debut

Expected Running time: 3 hours, 30 minutes, 1 intermission