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.
Simon Keenlyside
Hamlet
Marlis Petersen
Ophélie
Jennifer Larmore
Gertrude
Toby Spence
Laerte
James Morris
Claudius
Richard Bernstein
Gravedigger
Liam Bonner
Horatio
Maxim Mikhailov
Polonius
David Pittsinger
Ghost
Matthew Plenk
Marcellus
Peter Richards
Player King
Christian Rozakis
Player Villain
Mark Schowalter
Gravedigger
Joshua Wynter
Player Queen
Renée Fleming
Self - Host
Director
Brian Large
Theatre Play
William Shakespeare
Writer
Jules Barbier
Writer
Michel Carré
Writer
Ambroise Thomas
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