{"identifier":"bv-9781350895270_6313333631112","browse_author":"Brett Dean (Composer), Neil Armfield (Director), François Roussillon (Director) and Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Publisher)","subscription_list":["bvl_opera_glyndebourne"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350895270,"description":"The world premiere recording of Brett Dean\u2019s new opera based on Shakespeare\u2019s best-known tragedy: To be, or not to be. This is Hamlet\u2019s dilemma, and the essence of Shakespeare\u2019s 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 father\u2019s crown and wife. But Hamlet\u2019s vengeance vies with the question: is suicide a morally valid deed in an unbearably painful world? Dean\u2019s colourful, energetic, witty and richly lyrical music expertly captures the modernity of Shakespeare\u2019s timeless tale, while also exploiting the traditional operatic elements of arias, ensembles and choruses. Matthew Jocelyn\u2019s inspired libretto is pure Shakespeare, adhering to the Bard\u2019s narrative thread but abridging, reconfiguring and interweaving it into motifs that highlight the main dramatic themes: death, madness, the impossibility of certainty and the complexities of action. 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); Rupert Enticknap (Rosencrantz); Christopher Lowrey (Guildenstern); London Philharmonic Orchestra; The Glyndebourne Chorus; Vladimir Jurowski Stage Director: Neil Armfield Language - English Subtitles: German, French, Korean","videoId":6313333631112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","videoCopyright":"© 2017 Glyndebourne . François Roussillon et Associés","subscription":"bvl_opera_glyndebourne","title":"Hamlet","xml_source":"bvl_opera_glyndebourne_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"bv-9781350895270","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/4dacd1a0-2f31-40f4-b753-a71a70bcdcb8/b937951b-e282-4700-a1f7-516ae7f3ef96/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"romanticOpera , Romantic opera , _19thCenturyAndRomanticOpera , 19th century and romantic opera , death , Death , adaptation , Adaptation , symbolism , Symbolism , mentalHealth , Mental health , power , Power , violence , Violence , identity , Identity , made_20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , english , English , origin_england , England , video , Video , operaByPeriod , Opera by period , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , operaByGenre , Opera by genre , anthropology , Anthropology , origin_unitedKingdom , United Kingdom , music , Music , origin_europe , Europe ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2017,"publisher":"Glyndebourne Festival Opera","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"bv-9781350895270","facet":["_19thCenturyAndRomanticOpera","adaptation","anthropology","artsAndLiterature","death","english","identity","made_2000Present","made_20102019","mentalHealth","music","operaByGenre","operaByPeriod","origin_england","origin_europe","origin_unitedKingdom","power","romanticOpera","societyAndSocietalIssues","symbolism","video","violence"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Brett Dean~Neil Armfield~François Roussillon~Glyndebourne Festival Opera"}