The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)


  • Genre: Fantasy, Music
  • Release Date: 2017-11-18
  • User Rating: 7.7/10 from 3 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 22min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: The Metropolitan Opera
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Directors: Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson.
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Summary

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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  • Joseph Kaiser

    as Edmundo de Nobile
  • Amanda Echalaz

    as Lucía de Nobile
  • Audrey Luna

    as Leticia Maynar
  • Alice Coote

    as Leonora Palma
  • Sally Matthews

    as Silvia de Ávila
  • Iestyn Davies

    as Francisco de Ávila
  • Christine Rice

    as Blanca Delgado
  • Rodney Gilfry

    as Alberto Roc
  • Sophie Bevan

    as Beatriz
  • Frédéric Antoun

    as Raúl Yebenes
  • David Portillo

    as Eduardo
  • David Adam Moore

    as Colonel Álvaro Gómez
  • Kevin Burdette

    as Señor Russell
  • John Tomlinson

    as Doctor Carlos Conde
  • Christian van Horn

    as Julio
  • John Irvin

    as Lucas
  • Ian Koziara

    as Enrique
  • Paul Corona

    as Pablo
  • Mary Dunleavy

    as Meni
  • Catherine Cook

    as Camila
  • Andrea Coleman

    as Servant
  • Marc Persing

    as Servant
  • Jeff Mattsey

    as Padre Sansón
  • Lucas Mann

    as Yoli
  • Susan Graham

    as Self - Host
  • MET Orchestra

    as
Directing Tom Cairns Director
Sound Thomas Adès Conductor
Sound Thomas Adès Original Music Composer
Writing Luis Buñuel Original Story
Writing Luis Alcoriza Original Story
Writing Tom Cairns Writer
Art Hildegard Bechtler Set Designer
Costume & Make-Up Hildegard Bechtler Costume Designer
Lighting Jon Clark Lighting Design
Crew Tal Yarden Projection
Crew Amir Hosseinpour Choreographer
Sound David Frost Music Producer
Directing Gary Halvorson Director
Costume & Make-Up Tera Willis Makeup & Hair
Production Peter Gelb Executive Producer
Sound Cynthia Millar Musician
Writing Thomas Adès Co-Writer
Production Louisa Briccetti Producer
Production Mia Bongiovanni Supervising Producer
Production Elena Park Supervising Producer
Art Tom Cairns Production Design

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