Released on: 2010-03-27
Thomas: Hamlet
After over a century out of the Metâs repertoire, audiences were thrilled to discover just what a sensational evening in the theater Thomasâs Hamlet can be. Simon Keenlysideâs riveting performance as the tortured Prince of Denmark in Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiserâs starkly brooding production had critics raving that Keenlysideâs superb singing, coupled with his deftly delineated three-dimensional Hamlet, was one of the greatest examples of operatic drama of our time. The cast includes Marlis Petersen as the long suffering OphĂ©lie, who brilliantly shows why her mad scene is so justly famous, along with Jennifer Larmore and James Morris as Gertrude and Claudius.
