The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel (2017)
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.
Directors: Tom Cairns, Gary Halvorson.
https://www.metopera.org/Season/On-Demand/opera/?upc=811357019320
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Joseph Kaiser as Edmundo de Nobile |
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Amanda Echalaz as Lucía de Nobile |
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Audrey Luna as Leticia Maynar |
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Alice Coote as Leonora Palma |
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Sally Matthews as Silvia de Ávila |
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Iestyn Davies as Francisco de Ávila |
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Christine Rice as Blanca Delgado |
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Rodney Gilfry as Alberto Roc |
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Sophie Bevan as Beatriz |
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Frédéric Antoun as Raúl Yebenes |
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David Portillo as Eduardo |
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David Adam Moore as Colonel Álvaro Gómez |
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Kevin Burdette as Señor Russell |
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John Tomlinson as Doctor Carlos Conde |
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Christian van Horn as Julio |
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John Irvin as Lucas |
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Ian Koziara as Enrique |
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Paul Corona as Pablo |
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Mary Dunleavy as Meni |
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Catherine Cook as Camila |
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Andrea Coleman as Servant |
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Marc Persing as Servant |
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Jeff Mattsey as Padre Sansón |
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Lucas Mann as Yoli |
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Susan Graham as Self - Host |
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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 |
