Hamlet: Encore Opera Broadcast in HD April 9, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7 p.m.
Approximate Running Time: 3 hours 45 minutes with 1 intermission

Ticket Price: Adults $22, Seniors $20, Children and Students $10, and MU Students $5

The works of Shakespeare have inspired more operatic adaptations than any other writer’s. Simon Keenlyside and Natalie Dessay 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.
Conductor: Louis Langrée; Production: Patrice Caurier/Moshe Leiser; Natalie Dessay, Jennifer Larmore, Toby Spence, Simon Keenlyside, James Morris

This presentation is an encore of a live performance broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.

Official Website: http://www.monmouth.edu/arts_events/themet.asp