What is Amleto?
{{italictitle}} '''''Amleto''''' is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[opera]] in four acts, [[music]] by Franco Faccio and [[libretto]] by Arrigo Boito, after [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Hamlet]]''. It was first performed in [[Genoa]], on May 30, 1865, and a revised was performed in [[Milan]], on February 12, 1871. It was revived in 2014 in Baltimore (Maryland) and also performed in 2016 at the Bregenzer Festspiele. ==Principal characters== * Amleto - [[tenor]] * Ofelia - [[soprano]] * Geltrude - [[mezzo-soprano]] * Claudio - [[baritone]] * Lo Spettro - [[bass (vocal range)|bass]] * Orazio - bass ==Discography== * 2014: Alex Richardson (Amleto), Abla Lynn Hamza (Ofelia), Shannon DeVine (Geltrude), Caroline Worra (Claudio), Jeffrey Beruan (Spettro), Joseph Hubbard (Orazio); Opera Southwest Chorus and Orchestra, Anthony Barrese - (Opera Southwest) * 2016: Pavel Černoch (Amleto), Iulia Maria Dan (Ofelia), Dshamilja Kaiser (Geltrude), Claudio Sgura (Claudio), Gianluca Buratto (Spettro), Sébastien Soulès (Orazio); Prager Philharmonischer Chor, Wiener Symphoniker, Paolo Carignani - (Deutsche Grammophon) ==Sources== * ''The Complete Dictionary of Opera & Operetta'', James Anderson, Wings Books, 1993. [[Category:1860s operas]]