The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

2017
2h 22m
7.7

7.7/10

3 votes • View on IMDb
Fantasy Music
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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Production Information

Production Companies
The Metropolitan Opera
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

opera bourgeoisie surrealism opera live performance the metropolitan opera contemporary classical music

Quick Facts

Release Date November 18, 2017
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt6889834
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Cast

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

Christine Rice
Christine Rice

Blanca Delgado

Rodney Gilfry
Rodney Gilfry

Alberto Roc

Sophie Bevan
Sophie Bevan

Beatriz

Frédéric Antoun
Frédéric Antoun

Raúl Yebenes

David Portillo
David Portillo

Eduardo

David Adam Moore
David Adam Moore

Colonel Álvaro Gómez

Key Crew

Tom Cairns
Director
Tom Cairns
Writer
Gary Halvorson
Director
Peter Gelb
Executive Producer
Louisa Briccetti
Producer