The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

7.7

2 hr 22 min

2017-11-18

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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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Characters

Joseph Kaiser

Joseph Kaiser

Edmundo de Nobile

Amanda Echalaz

Amanda Echalaz

Lucía de Nobile

Audrey Luna

Audrey Luna

Leticia Maynar

Alice Coote

Alice Coote

Leonora Palma

Sally Matthews

Sally Matthews

Silvia de Ávila

Iestyn Davies

Iestyn Davies

Francisco de Ávila

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