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80% less of Shakespeare's text adds up to more intensity in Brett Dean's Hamlet as Neil Armfield's staging is mounted by Opera Australia. 

Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Met is a worthy addition to the operatic canon, and the production is a treat. 

Brett Dean's operatic reworking of Shakespeare's Hamlet receives its German premiere in a powerful new staging by the work's librettist Matthew Jocelyn.

Brett Dean's Hamlet is an extremely powerful theatrical experience, excelling in all aspects of production, singing and musical values, but is it an opera?

A restless score, a stylish modern setting and gripping central performances from David Butt Philip (trading Laertes at the festival for the title role here) and Jennifer France (Ophelia) do much to commend this new work

Brett Dean treats Shakespeare's behemoth as a timeless story told in language that has become timeless; no effort is spared in elucidating and amplifying that story.

Ein Werk, das sowohl traditionell als auch innovativ, elegant und leidenschaftlich ist: Brett Deans Hamlet, dessen gewaltige Aufgaben an Szene und Musik an der Staatsoper in München überzeugend gelöst wurden.