Composers: Franco Faccio
Compositions: Amleto
Performers: Pavel Černoch t, Wiener Symphoniker/Paolo Carignani
Catalogue Number: Naxos 8660454-55 (2CD)

This Hamlet comes to us from the Italian composer and conductor Franco Faccio (1840-91), its libretto by none other than Arrigo Boito, who would later team up with Verdi on two Shakespearean dazzlers, Otello and Falstaff. Although warmly received at its premiere in Genoa in 1865, Faccio’s Hamlet became consigned to the dustbin of history when presented at La Scala six years later. The opera has enjoyed something of a revival in the last few years – a critical edition was created by conductor Anthony Barrese and...