Shakespeare, being Shakespeare, defies most attempts at operatic adaptation. Anyone coming at the Bard with music paper in hand had better be Verdi, and even he backed down at the prospect of turning ...

After a short break, the high-definition broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera returns with Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet." The performance begins at noon at the Town Plaza Cinema in Cape Girardeau. Thomas ...

For years it seemed that French composer Emmanuel Chabrier would have the last word on his colleague Ambroise Thomas. "There are two kinds of music, the good and the bad," said the waggish Chabrier.

If you haven’t seen the Washington National Opera’s production of “Hamlet” at the Kennedy Center yet, you might not understand how anyone could dream of setting Ambroise Thomas’ 1868 opera in “Denmark ...

Adrian Kelly, the festival’s artistic director and conductor of the opera, with his director Jack Furness, have made some clear and rewarding decisions. The music comes first: the score is renowned ...

Starting in March at the Opéra Bastille, Ambroise Thomas’s version of the Shakespearean tragedy will be revived at the Paris Opera for the first time since 1938. By Rebecca Schmid Ambroise Thomas’s ...

Streaming platforms for Opéra National de Paris: Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Staged at the Opéra-Comique to mark the 150th anniversary of its premiere in the slightly grander setting of the Opéra, Cyril Teste’s production of Hamlet hauls Ambroise Thomas’s tragedy into the ...