Hamlet (Thomas)

Hamlet
Grand opera by Ambroise Thomas
Poster for the premiere
Librettist
LanguageFrench
Based onFrench adaptation of Hamlet
Premiere
9 March 1868 (1868-03-09)

Hamlet is a grand opera in five acts of 1868 by the French composer Ambroise Thomas, with a libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier based on a French adaptation by Alexandre Dumas, père, and Paul Meurice of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.[1]

  1. ^ Fauser, Annegret. "Hamlet. Ophélie: Shakespeare in Paris" in Hamlet CD Booklet (1993), pp. 33–41.