7.7The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel · 2017
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017) is a Fantasy / Music film directed by Tom Cairns, starring Joseph Kaiser, Amanda Echalaz, Audrey Luna.
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7.7Overview
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
Joseph Kaiser, Amanda Echalaz, Audrey Luna, Alice Coote, Sally Matthews, Iestyn Davies, Christine Rice, Rodney Gilfry
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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.
When was "The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel" released?
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel was released in 2017.
Who stars in "The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel"?
The cast includes Joseph Kaiser, Amanda Echalaz, Audrey Luna, Alice Coote.
