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Hamlet, 13 June 2017
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Librettist: Matthew Jocelyn
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Hamlet: Allan Clayton
Claudius: Rodney Gilfry
Laertes: David Butt Philip
Ophelia: Barbara Hannigan
Polonius: Kim Begley
Horatio: Jacques Imbrailo
Marcellus/Player 4: James Newby
Gertrude: Sarah Connolly
Ghost of Old Hamlet/Gravedigger/Player 1: John Tomlinson
Rosencrantz: Rupert Enticknap
Guildenstern: Christopher Lowrey
Player 2: John Findon
Player 3: Anthony Osborne
Accordionist: James Crabb
Production Team
Original Director: Neil Armfield
Assistant Director: Lloyd Wood
Assistant Director: Donna Stirrup
Set Designer: Ralph Myers
Costume Designer: Alice Babidge
Movement Director: Denni Sayers
Lighting Designer: Jon Clark
Fight Director: Nicholas Hall
Dramaturg: Cori Ellison
Chorus Master: Jeremy Bines
The Opera
Venue: Glyndebourne
Librettist: Matthew Jocelyn
Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cast
Hamlet: Allan Clayton
Claudius: Rodney Gilfry
Laertes: David Butt Philip
Ophelia: Barbara Hannigan
Polonius: Kim Begley
Horatio: Jacques Imbrailo
Marcellus/Player 4: James Newby
Gertrude: Sarah Connolly
Ghost of Old Hamlet/Gravedigger/Player 1: John Tomlinson
Rosencrantz: Rupert Enticknap
Guildenstern: Christopher Lowrey
Player 2: John Findon
Player 3: Anthony Osborne
Accordionist: James Crabb
Production Team
Original Director: Neil Armfield
Assistant Director: Lloyd Wood
Assistant Director: Donna Stirrup
Set Designer: Ralph Myers
Costume Designer: Alice Babidge
Movement Director: Denni Sayers
Lighting Designer: Jon Clark
Fight Director: Nicholas Hall
Dramaturg: Cori Ellison
Chorus Master: Jeremy Bines