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The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

(2017)

Overview

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.

Featured Crew

  1. Director : Tom Cairns,Gary Halvorson
  2. Producer : Louisa Briccetti
  3. Writer : Tom Cairns
  4. Cast : Joseph Kaiser,Amanda Echalaz,Audrey Luna,Alice Coote,Sally Matthews,Iestyn Davies,Christine Rice,Rodney Gilfry,Sophie Bevan,Frédéric Antoun,David Portillo,David Adam Moore,Kevin Burdette,John Tomlinson,Christian van Horn,John Irvin,Ian Koziara,Paul Corona,Mary Dunleavy,Catherine Cook,Andrea Coleman,Marc Persing,Jeff Mattsey,Lucas Mann,Susan Graham,MET Orchestra

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Original TitleThe Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2017-11-18

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 02h 22m

Homepagehttps://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357019320

Production CompaniesThe Metropolitan Opera

Genres

  • Fantasy
  • Music

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