![]() ![]() Says the New York Times, “An opera composer would need the epic gifts and epic gall of a Richard Wagner to consider an adaptation of Hamlet and think: ‘Yup, I’ve got this.’” If Lear is difficult, Hamlet is more so.” ![]() But Verdi shied away from both Hamlet and King Lear, writing, “These huge subjects demand too much time. Many opera composers have been drawn to Shakespeare’s dramas Verdi’s adaptations of Othello, Macbeth and Falstaff form the core of his work and are still performed today. This traumatizes the young Prince and sets in motion a series of horrendous events that result in a whole lotta killin’ goin’ on. A ghost appears and confirms the Prince’s suspicions that his father was murdered by Claudius. Prince Hamlet is mourning the death of his father, King Hamlet, and the “o’er hasty marriage” of his mother to the King’s brother, Claudius. The Australian composer Brett Dean will present his adaptation of the greatest play in the English language in a Hi-Def Simulcast on Saturday, June 4 at the Center for the Arts on Carteret Street. So says the Metropolitan Opera about their upcoming production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. To adapt or not to adapt, that is the question. ![]()
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