Glyndebourne: Hamlet

Glyndebourne: Hamlet 2018 Directed by François Roussillon

Brett Dean's multi-award-winning opera received its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. The world premiere recording of Brett Deans new opera based on Shakespeares best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlets dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeares most famous and arguably greatest work, given new life in operatic form in this original Glyndebourne commission. Thoughts of murder and revenge drive Hamlet when he learns that it was his uncle Claudius who killed his father, the King of Denmark, then seized his fathers crown and wife. But Hamlets vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world?

Countries United Kingdom , USA

Production Countries France , Japan , United Kingdom

Language English

Gneres Drama , Music

Production Companies BBC , CNC , Glyndebourne Festival Opera , Francois Roussillon Et Associés , Medici Entertainment

Release Date 29 June 2018

163 mins