Retelling Hamlet As an Opera

Synopsis: Podcast. Composer Brett Dean and librettist Matthew Jocelyn created an operatic retelling, which has its world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival 2017. In this episode of the Glyndebourne podcast, they discuss the creative process, and we hear from tenor Allan Clayton who sings the role of Hamlet and Shakespeare scholar Ann Thompson who speaks on the differing positioning of the text in the folio editions with the emphasis on the soliloquies. Presented by Katie Derham.
Series: Glyndebourne Podcast
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Audio
Recording date: 17 Mar 2017
Duration: 20 mins