Amleto
![Franco Faccio at the time of composing Amleto](/Images/godic/202412/20/Franco_Faccio_at_time_of_composing_Amleto5631.jpg")
![Arrigo Boito, librettist](/Images/godic/202412/20/Arrigo_Boito_before_Otello5631.jpg")
![Mario Tiberini as Amleto (1865)](/Images/godic/202412/20/Amleto-1871-Mario_Tiberini_as_Hamlet5631.jpg")
![Antonio Cotogni as Claudio (1865)](/Images/godic/202412/20/Amleto-Faccio-1871-Antonio_Cotogni_as_the_King5631.jpg")
Amleto is an opera in four acts by Franco Faccio set to a libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Hamlet. It premiered on 30 May 1865 at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa and was revised for a La Scala production given on 12 February 1871.