William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, a late 19th-century French opera that is as poetic as it is grandiose, takes an intimate look into the inner turmoil of its main characters, Hamlet and Ophélie. Just two weeks after the king dies, the widow Gertrude marries the late king’s brother Claudius. Hamlet, son of the king, refuses to attend the festivities, upset that his mother has remarried so soon. Ophélie, his lover, is disturbed by his inconsistent behavior. Is he going mad? Does he no longer love her? The ghost of his deceased father reveals to Hamlet that the new king, Claudius, was actually his murderer. Whipped into a frenzy by thoughts of revenge, Hamlet defies the power structure of the court.

Ambroise Thomas’ lyrical drama Hamlet explores the souls of the characters, with a poetic and complex musical language, culminating in the aria expressing Ophélie’s madness. Director Nadja Loschky stages this opera, which offers everything from eerie graveyard encounters, to pleasurable dances, to intimate and musically graceful scenes, with great musical sensitivity as a finely tuned study of society.

By the way William Shakespeare’s dramas have been interpreted by numerous composers over the centuries. More of them can be experienced in the symphony concert “To be or not to be?”

Artists/Collaborators: Etienne Pluss (Bühnenbild), Irina Spreckelmeyer (Kostüme), Marie Jacquot (Musikalische Leitung), Jean-Christoph Charron (Chöre), Nadja Loschky (Inszenierung), Olaf Freese (Licht), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreographie), Yvonne Gebauer, Julia Jordá Stoppelhaar (Dramaturgie), N.N. (Claudius, König von Dänemark), N.N. (Die Königin Gertrude), N.N. (Hamlet), N.N. (Ophélie), N.N. (Polonius), N.N. (Laërte), N.N. (Horatio), N.N. (Marcellus), N.N. (Der Geist), N.N. (Erster Totengräber), N.N. (Zweiter Totengräber), Chorsolisten und Komparserie der Komischen Oper Berlin, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin

Runtime: Sun, 16/04/2023 to Wed, 07/06/2023

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