The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
2017
· ⭐ 7.7 · Votes: 3
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 Ãngel 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.
Genres
Fantasy
Music
Moods
CANYON
