Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, defies most attempts at operatic adaptation. Anyone coming at the Bard with music paper in hand had better be Verdi, and even he backed down at the prospect of turning ...

Just as Hollywood producers often change familiar books and plays to suit what they feel their audiences desire, so did French composer Ambroise Thomas alter Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” to adhere to ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. When we think of operatic adaptations of Shakespeare, they all seem to come ...

Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is a great story and a great play. It would seem to be perfect for an opera setting. Only one was done, and that was by the French composer Ambroise Thomas, who also wrote ...

NEW YORK - Frailty, thy name is…prima donna? A few weeks after local audiences saw mezzo-soprano Denyce Graves withdraw from Opera New Jersey’s production of “Carmen,” only to find substitute Kirsten ...

Washington National Opera (WNO), under the leadership of General Director Plácido Domingo, presents the company premiere of Ambroise Thomas' rarely performed masterpiece Hamlet in seven performances, ...

West Edge Opera currently presents three performances, August 5, 13, and 19, of French composer Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet at their new venue at Pacific Pipe, an abandoned steel factory in West Oakland.

Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet” was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it’s easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival. Even with two outstanding singing actors in the ...

Starting in March at the Opéra Bastille, Ambroise Thomas’s version of the Shakespearean tragedy will be revived at the Paris Opera for the first time since 1938. By Rebecca Schmid Ambroise Thomas’s ...

Whether you're on the trolleybus on the way to the performance, having a cigarette in front of the Salzburg Festival Theatre or queuing in the toilet - with the opera quick check you'll be perfectly ...

Marlis Petersen (above) was a last-minute Ophélie opposite Jennifer Larmore and Simon Keenlyside (Hamlet). Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera (2) The drama of Ambroise Thomas’ “Hamlet” pales beside the ...

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