Hamlet - Thomas
- Ordway Center for Performing Arts
, 345 Washington Street, St Paul, MN - Phone: 612-333-2700
- Phone: 612-333-6669 xticket
- mnop@mnopera.org
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Year-RoundLibretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier after the play by William Shakespeare
March 2, 5, 7, 9 and 10, 2013
Ordway, St. Paul, MN
Trapped by the horrifying truth about his father's murder, Hamlet becomes the eye of an increasingly violent storm. Based on Shakespeare's unforgettable classic, this rediscovered treasure of French opera shimmers with luxurious melodies and searing theatricality.
Sung in French with English translations projected above the stage.
CREATIVE TEAM
Christopher Franklin, conductor
Thaddeus Strassberger, stage director
Thaddeus Strassberger, set designer
Mary Traylor, costume designer
Mark McCullough, lighting designer
CAST
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark Brian Mulligan
Ophélie, Polonius' daughter Marie-Eve Munger
King Claudius, Hamlet's uncle Wayne Tigges
Queen Gertrude, Hamlet's mother Katharine Goeldner
Laëte, Polonius' son Jason Slayden
Ghost of Hamlet's father TBA
Polonius, the Lord Chamberlain TBA
Horatio, Hamlet's friend Richard Ollarsaba
Marcellus, an officier John Robert Lindsey
Two gravediggers Matthew Opitz, TBA
