Organization

Singer

Soprano

Audrey Luna

Leticia Maynar

Amanda Echalaz

Lucia

Sally Matthews

Silvia de Ávila

Sophie Bevan

Beatriz

Mezzo-soprano

Alice Coote

Leonora Palma

Christine Rice

Blanca Delgado

Countertenor

Iestyn Davies

Francisco de Ávila

Tenor

Joseph Kaiser

Edmundo de Nobile

Frédéric Antoun

Raúl Yebenes

David Portillo

Eduardo

Baritone

David Adam Moore

Col. Álvaro Gómez

Rod Gilfry

Alberto Roc

Kevin Burdette

Señor Russell

Bass-baritone

Christian Van Horn

Julio

John Tomlinson

Dr Carlos Conde

John Irvin

Lucas

Ian Koziara

Enrique

Paul Corona

Pablo

Mary Dunleavy

Meni

Catherine Cook

Camila

Edyta Kulczak

Jeff Mattsey

Padre Sanson

Conductor

Thomas Adès

Stage director

Tom Cairns

Set designer

Hildegard Bechtler

Costume designer

Video designer

Tal Yarden

Lighting designer

Jon Clark

Choreographer

Amir Hosseinpour

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English

The Exterminating Angel

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

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.

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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