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To sing or not to sing: Brett Dean's Hamlet in Adelaide

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“Allan Clayton carried all before him in his twitchy but compelling performance as Hamlet”
Reviewed at Adelaide Festival Centre, Festival Theatre, Adelaide on 2 March 2018
Dean, Hamlet (Austraian première)
Nicholas Carter, Conductor
Neil Armfield, Director
Ralph Myers, Set Designer
Alice Babidge, Costume Designer
Allan Clayton, Hamlet
Lorina Gore, Ophelia
Cheryl Barker, Gertrude
Rod Gilfry, Claudius
Kim Begley, Polonius
Samuel Sakker, Laertes
Douglas McNicol, Horatio
Jud Arthur, Ghost of Old Hamlet, Gravedigger
Christopher Lowrey, Guildenstern
Rupert Enticknap, Rosencrantz
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
State Opera South Australia Chorus
Julius Caesar – or some of it – from Pinchgut Opera
***11
The quintessence of Hamlet: Brett Dean’s opera arrives in Sydney
****1
Allan Clayton dazzles in Brett Dean’s Hamlet at the Met
*****
The after party you can't miss: Pinchgut's Platée
*****
A stunning Midsummer Night's Dream for the Adelaide Festival
*****
“Or not to be”: Hamlet revived for Glyndebourne’s tour
***11
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