Organization

Choreographer

Denni Sayers

Singer

Bass

John Tomlinson

Ghost of Old Hamlet

Countertenor

Christopher Lowrey

Guildenstern

Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen

Rosencrantz

Tenor

David Butt Philip

Laertes

Baritone

Jacques Imbrailo

Horatio

William Burden

Polonius

Mezzo-soprano

Sarah Connolly

Gertrude

Rod Gilfry

Claudius

Soprano

Brenda Rae

Ophelia

Allan Clayton

Hamlet

Lighting designer

Jon Clark

Costume designer

Alice Babidge

Set designer

Ralph Myers

Stage director

Neil Armfield

Conductor

Nicholas Carter

Movement director

First player

Manase Latu

Player 2

Chad Shelton

Player 3

Justin Austin

Marcellus

Player 4

Eve Gigliotti

David Adam Moore

John Relyea

Gravedigger

Daniel Moody

Eric Jurenas

Dylan Morrongiello

Monica Dewey

Offstage Voice- Soprano 1

Chanáe Curtis

Offstage Voice- Soprano 2

Ashley Milanese

Tesia Kwarteng

Offstage Voice- Mezzo 1

Megan Moore

Offstage Voice- Mezzo 2

John Matthew Myers

Offstage Voice- Tenor 1

Christian Mark Gibbs

Offstage Voice- Tenor 2

Christopher Bozeka

Benjamin Sieverding

Offstage Voice- Bass 1

Wm Clay Thompson

Offstage Voice- Bass 2

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Glyndebourne

Lincoln Center

English

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

When Australian composer Brett Dean’s Hamlet had its world premiere at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017, The Guardian declared, “New opera doesn’t often get to sound this good … Shakespeare offers a gauntlet to composers that shouldn’t always be picked up, but Dean’s Hamlet rises to the challenge.” On June 4, this riveting contemporary masterpiece appears live in cinemas, with Neil Armfield, who directed the work’s premiere, bringing his acclaimed staging to the Met stage. Many of the original cast members have followed, including tenor Allan Clayton in the title role. Nicholas Carter makes his Met debut conducting a remarkable ensemble, which also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and legendary bass John Tomlinson as the ghost of Hamlet’s father. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.

Buy tickets for Hamlet live in the opera house here.

Hamlet is a Glyndebourne production

Production a gift of Lynne and Richard Pasculano

Additional support provided by The Walter and Leonore Annenberg Endowment Fund, and the National Endowment for the Arts

Composers throughout history have looked to the works of Shakespeare for inspiration—from 19th-century Romantics like Bellini, Verdi, and Gounod to the modern masters Britten, Barber, Bernstein, and Thomas Adès. This musical tradition continued with the world premiere of Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Glyndebourne Festival in 2017. And during the 2021–22 season, the shattering adaptation of the Bard’s immortal tragedy made its way stateside when it took the Met stage in a powerful production by Neil Armfield. In this performance, recorded as part of the company’s Live in HD series, tenor Allan Clayton, who originated the title role in the work’s premiere, reprises his tour-de-force portrayal, headlining a cast that also features soprano Brenda Rae as Ophelia, mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly as Gertrude, tenor David Butt Philip as Laertes, baritone Rod Gilfry as Claudius, and bass-baritone John Relyea as the Ghost of King Hamlet. Maestro Nicholas Carter takes the podium to conduct Dean’s explosive score.

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