Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet
Saturday, March 27, 2010 (1 PM ET / 10 AM PT)
Expected Running time: 3 hours, 50 minutes. 1 intermission
The Ultimate Stage Spectacle - The Met: Live in HD on movie theatre screens nationally. The broadcast of Thomas’s opera Hamlet will be presented live for only one day on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT in select movie theatres.
The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Marlis Petersen 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.
An encore presentation of this performance will be exhibited in select movie theatres on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM in all time zones.
CAST CHANGE: Marlis Petersen will sing the role of Ophélie for this production, replacing Natalie Dessay who is ill.
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Casting subject to change.
Running time is approximate.
