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Hamlet Glyndebourne Festival

26 August 2017

9:00 AM

26 August 2017

9:00 AM

Shakespeare’s plays have frequently been the source of operas. Almost as frequently the operas have been only modest successes. Notable exceptions are those by Verdi – Macbeth is a fine work while Falstaff and Otello are masterpieces. (Experts will disagree about which is the greater; for me, it is Otello hands down.)

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