Natalie Dessay - Hamlet - "A vos jeux..." (scene - part 1)

This is Ophélie's 1st aria of her great scene, illustrating the madness that is animating her. Natalie succeeds in using this virtuosity to emphasize Ophélie's dispair... Honestly, I've never heard this aria so well sung. You feel for Ophelia and don't care anymore about notes...
This is the 1st part (out of 3 posted here) of the scene dedicated to Ophelie's madness & death, in Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet"...
Recorded in June 2000 at Paris Théâtre du Châtelet.
Conductor : Michel Plasson / Stage direction : Nicolas Joël

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