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Hamlet

Where
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000
Joan Sutherland Theatre
When

Saturday 20 July 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm Wednesday 24 July 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm Saturday 27 July 2024 from 12pm to 3:25pm Tuesday 30 July 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm Friday 2 August 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm Monday 5 August 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm Friday 9 August 2024 from 7pm to 10:25pm

Australian composer Brett Dean’s astounding recreation of Shakespeare’s murderous Hamlet features an immensely complex and evocative score using electronic music, cinema-like surround sound effects with Matthew Jocelyn’s thrilling libretto.

Award-winning Neil Armfield AO directs British tenor Allan Clayton MBE making his Sydney Opera House debut, Australian soprano Lorina Gore reprises her Helpmann Award-winning Ophelia and tour-de-force American baritone Rod Gilfry features as Claudius.

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