The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
18/11/2017
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.
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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
Kevin Burdette
as Señor Russell
John Tomlinson
as Doctor Carlos Conde
Christian van Horn
as Julio
John Irvin
as Lucas
Ian Koziara
as Enrique
Paul Corona
as Pablo
Mary Dunleavy
as Meni
Catherine Cook
as Camila
Andrea Coleman
as Servant
Marc Persing
as Servant
Jeff Mattsey
as Padre Sansón
Lucas Mann
as Yoli
Susan Graham
as Self - Host
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