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The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)
Directed by Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson
Fantasy, Music · 2h 22m
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.
Cast
Alice Coote
Leonora Palma
Sally Matthews
Silvia de Ávila
Iestyn Davies
Francisco de Ávila
Christine Rice
Blanca Delgado
Rodney Gilfry
Alberto Roc
Crew
- Director
- Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson
- Writer
- Tom Cairns
- Original Music Composer
- Thomas Adès
- Producer
- Louisa Briccetti
Details
- Release date
- 2017-11-18
- Runtime
- 2h 22m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Music
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The Metropolitan Opera