The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest Encore

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  • Opened November 28, 2012 
  • 3 hr 10 min
  • NR | Suitable for all audiences
  • NCM Fathom presents an encore performance of Adès’ The Tempest in select theatres on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 6:30 PM in all time zones. Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, with baritone Simon Keenlyside starring as Prospero, the overthrown Duke of Milan. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala in this inventive staging of this famous neoclassical romance. Full synopsis

  • Genres: Concert/Special Events

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Inventive, stylish, beautifully performed but not for lovers of Shakespeare

by teller.ira

The performers are outstanding and gorgeous to look at. The staging is inventive, especially the opening Shipwreck. Definitely worth seeing but also definitely not for lovers of Shakespeare, whose...

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The Tempest in High Def

by opera fangaro

It was great to see this exciting new opera on the MET stage. Singing was agile and met the demands of difficult score. Libretto was amazing ? kind of Wagnerian stabrime with short phrases and some...

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The Tempest

by carolknox

Simply a screeching misery for the first two acts which is all I could bear. The dialogue did no justice in the least to Shakespeare, and the score was discordant. Too much "tempest" in the music for...

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