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The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)
After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season. As the opera opens, a group of elegant socialites gather for a lavish dinner party, but when it is time to leave for the night, no one is able to escape. Soon, their behavior becomes increasingly erratic and savage. The large ensemble cast tackles both the vocal and dramatic demands of Adès's opera with one riveting performance after another. Tom Cairns, who also penned the work's libretto, directs an engrossing and inventive production, using a towering wooden archway to trap the characters onstage. And Adès himself takes the podium to conduct the frenzied score, which features a host of unconventional instruments, including the eerie electronic ondes Martenot.
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After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season. As the opera opens, a group of elegant socialites gather for a lavish dinner party, but when it is time to leave for the night, no one is able to escape. Soon, their behavior becomes increasingly erratic and savage. The large ensemble cast tackles both the vocal and dramatic demands of Adès's opera with one riveting performance after another. Tom Cairns, who also penned the work's libretto, directs an engrossing and inventive production, using a towering wooden archway to trap the characters onstage. And Adès himself takes the podium to conduct the frenzied score, which features a host of unconventional instruments, including the eerie electronic ondes Martenot.
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Genre:Fantasy, Music
Written By:Thomas Adès, Tom Cairns
In Theaters:11/18/2017
Box Office:
Runtime:142 minutes
Studio:The Metropolitan Opera
Cast
Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson
Director
Joseph Kaiser
Edmundo de Nobile
Amanda Echalaz
Lucía de Nobile
Audrey Luna
Leticia Maynar
Alice Coote
Leonora Palma
Sally Matthews
Silvia de Ávila
Iestyn Davies
Francisco de Ávila
Christine Rice
Blanca Delgado
Rodney Gilfry
Alberto Roc
Sophie Bevan
Beatriz
Frédéric Antoun
Raúl Yebenes
David Portillo
Eduardo
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