from Act III of the French opera
Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas
Libretto: Jules Barbier
Role: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Voice Part: baritone Fach: lyric baritone
Setting: Elsinore Castle, Denmark, 16th century
Synopsis: Hamlet sings the famous monologue "To be or not to be" in his attempt to decide whether being dead or being alive is better.