- Hamlet is a grand opéra in 5 acts (a genre of large-scale French opera that was popular during the second half of the 19th century and known for its elaborate staging and scenery).
- The opera premiered in 1868 at the Paris Opéra. Michel Carré and Jules Barbier wrote the libretto based on the French adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet by Alexandre Dumas père.1
- The baritone aria, “J’ai pu frapper le misérable” is the famous monologue, “To be or not to be,” sung by Hamlet in Act 3 of the opera.
Synopsis for the opera, Hamlet
Sources
- Richard Langham Smith, “Thomas, (Charles Louis) Ambroise,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 27, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000000885.
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