Bregenz Festival 2016: Amleto (Hamlet)

Synopsis

It's an impetuous, impassioned Hamlet that treads the boards in composer Franco Faccio and librettist Arrigo Boito's opera Hamlet (Amleto), which was first staged in 1865 in Genua. Faccio and Boito skilfully and effectively challenge the conventions of Italian opera, which they wanted to revitalise by infusing it with the spirit of Shakespeare's drama. Amleto was performed again at La Scala in 1871, after that the opera was not staged again – until 2014 when it was revived in the USA. The Bregenz Festival is now bringing Faccio's Hamlet back to Europe. This production “offers all an Italian-opera-lover could possibly desire” (FAZ); “a triumphal rebirth” (Deutschlandradio Kultur)

Additional Info

• No: A04050066
• Composer: Franco Faccio
• Conductor: Paolo Carignani
• Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker
• Artists: Pavel Černoch, Claudio Sgura, Eduard Tsanga, Paul Schweinester, Sébastien Soules
• Production year: 2016
• Run time: 02:25:00
• Director: Stage Director: Oliver Tambosi
• Producers: ORF III, Unitel and ORF Vorarlberg, in cooperation with Bregenz Festival
• Format: HDTV 16:9