The New Yorker

Malcolm X and Hamlet Seize the Opera Stage

In 1986, the novelist and critic Samuel R. Delany interviewed the composer Anthony Davis, whose opera “X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X” had just received a triumphant première at New York City ...
Observer

Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Hamlet’ Takes Big Swings but Mostly Misses

The Met imported Neil Armfield’s unsparing production from England’s Glyndebourne Festival where the Australian composer’s second opera premiered in 2017. Throughout their adaptation, Dean and Jocelyn ...
WHYY

OperaDelaware presents East Coast premiere of Faccio’s ‘Hamlet’

Tomorrow night OperaDelaware debuts Franco Faccio’s long lost operatic adaptation of “Hamlet” at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington. When tenor Joshua Kohl was reading Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in ...
Kennebec Journal

‘Hamlet’ wraps up Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD season

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The Metropolitan Opera presents “Hamlet” for the the final Live in HD ...
musicOMH

Hamlet @ Royal Opera House, London

Covent Garden has not mounted a production of Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet for 93 years. In many ways, it is easy to see why. You don’t have to be a Shakespeare purist to find something intrinsically ...
Washington Examiner

Washington National Opera’s ‘Hamlet’ done in Cold War style

If you haven’t seen the Washington National Opera’s production of “Hamlet” at the Kennedy Center yet, you might not understand how anyone could dream of setting Ambroise Thomas’ 1868 opera in “Denmark ...
BroadwayWorld

Metropolitan Opera to Present Company Premiere of Brett Dean's HAMLET

On May 13, the Metropolitan Opera will present the company premiere of Australian composer Brett Dean's Hamlet, a bold adaptation of Shakespeare's timeless drama, with six additional performances ...