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.
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| France | — | — | Apple TV |
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| Italy | — | — | Apple TV |
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What is The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel about?
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. The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel is a Fantasy, Music movie, released on 2017-11-18, runtime 142 minutes.
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Directed by
Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson
Cast
- 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
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