Hamlet

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There's a convincing reason why Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet, which is back on the Metropolitan Opera stage for the first time in over a century, is not often performed. While it has its alluring points, maybe even enough of them to allow audiences sufficient enjoyment to offset the steep price of admission, it's simply not very good.

Still, the current production, directed by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser, brings us the opportunity to hear Simon Keenlyside in the title role, a performer whose full-throated baritone is matched by his acting prowess, and provides a fancy showcase for the excellent soprano Marlis Petersen (who was hustled in to replace the ill Natalie Dessay) as the eventua[...]