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Hamlet-15 May 2003 Evening

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Opera: Performance details

Company: The Royal Opera
Venue: Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Performance status: Original season
Conductor Louis Langrée
Chorus Director Terry Edwards
Guest Leader Janice Graham
Cast
Claudius
King of Denmark 		Robert Lloyd
Gertrude
queen and consort of Claudius 		Yvonne Naef
Prince Hamlet
Gertrude's son 		Simon Keenlyside
Ophélie Natalie Dessay
Polonius
Ophélie's father 		Jonathan May
Laërte
Ophélie's brother 		Yann Beuron
Horatio Graeme Broadbent
Marcellus Edgaras Montvidas
Ghost of Hamlet's father Markus Hollop
First gravedigger Darren Jeffery
Second gravedigger Matthew Beale
Player King Toby Sedgwick
Player Queen Clive Mendus
Player Villain Ishwar Maharaj
Courtiers The Royal Opera Chorus
Extra Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Language: French
Surtitled by: Jonathan Burton
Durations: Acts I and II: 95 minutes, Interval: 25 minutes, Acts III, IV and V: 80 minutes
Information source: Royal Opera House cast sheet for 15 May 2003 (in Royal Opera House Collections)