Amleto facts for kids

Amleto is an Italian opera. An opera is like a play where all the words are sung instead of spoken. This opera has four acts, which are like different parts or chapters of the story. The music was written by Franco Faccio, and the words, called the libretto, were written by Arrigo Boito. The story of Amleto comes from William Shakespeare's famous play Hamlet.

The opera was first performed in Genoa, Italy, on May 30, 1865. Later, a changed version was shown in Milan, Italy, on February 12, 1871. More recently, it was performed again in 2014 in Baltimore, USA, and also in 2016 at the Bregenzer Festspiele, a big music festival.

Main Characters

These are the main characters you would see in the opera Amleto:

• Amleto - This role is sung by a tenor, which is a male singer with a high voice.
• Ofelia - This role is sung by a soprano, which is a female singer with a high voice.
• Geltrude - This role is sung by a mezzo-soprano, a female singer whose voice is lower than a soprano but higher than a contralto.
• Claudio - This role is sung by a baritone, a male singer whose voice is lower than a tenor but higher than a bass.
• Lo Spettro (The Ghost) - This role is sung by a bass, a male singer with the lowest voice.
• Orazio - This role is also sung by a bass.

Images for kids

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  Mario Tiberini as Amleto (1865)

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  Antonio Cotogni as Claudio (1865)

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  Angiolina Ortolani-Tiberini as Ofelia (1865)

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  Franco Faccio in later life

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  Amleto (1871), act 1 set

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  Amleto (1871), act 3 set

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  Re (baritono), costume design for Amleto (1871).

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  Pavel Černoch as Amleto, Bregenz Festival 2016

See also

In Spanish: Amleto (Faccio) para niños