
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.
Joseph Kaiser
Edmundo de Nobile
Amanda Echalaz
Lucía de Nobile
Audrey Luna
Leticia Maynar

Alice Coote
Leonora Palma

Sally Matthews
Silvia de Ávila

Iestyn Davies
Francisco de Ávila

Christine Rice
Blanca Delgado

Rodney Gilfry
Alberto Roc
Sophie Bevan
Beatriz
Frédéric Antoun
Raúl Yebenes
David Portillo
Eduardo
David Adam Moore
Colonel Álvaro Gómez

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The Metropolitan Opera: Turandot

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The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten

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The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina

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Aida - San Francisco Opera