Tempest, The

Synopsis: Opera. A production by Robert Lepage conducted by Thomas Adès of his version of the Shakespeare play to a libretto by Meredith Oakes, taped live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. With Simon Keenlyside as Prospero, Audrey Luna as Ariel, and Isobel Leonard as Miranda. The broadcast is introduced by Margaret Juntwait. The interval includes comments by Thomas Adès, Robert Lepage, Meredith Oakes and Simon Keenlyside.The broadcast is introduced by Margaret Juntwait. The interval includes comments by Thomas Adès, Robert Lepage, Meredith Oakes and Simon Keenlyside.
Series: Opera on 3: Live from the Met
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Radio
Transmission details: 29 Dec 2012 at 18:00 (Channel: BBC Radio 3)
Duration: 195 (inc. interval)

Producer

Robert Lepage

Writer

Meredith Oakes

Music

Thomas Ades

Contributor

Margaret Juntwait

Cast

Notes: The opera was recorded live on 10 November 2012.
History: The performance is also available on DVD and is catalogued separately on this database.
Reviews: "The New York Times called Thomas Adès’s masterpiece ‘one of the most inspired, audacious and personal operas to have come along in years,' noting that ‘Adès drew a textured, glittering and suspenseful account of his opera from the great Met orchestra.' The Financial Times lauded the performance’s ‘rare virtuosity... Keenlyside sang with sensitive force... [and] loomed and brooded magnetically.'" (BBC programme information),

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