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The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest (2012)
Directed by Robert Lepage, Gary Halvorson
Overview
Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Met premiere of his powerful opera based on Shakespeare’s last play, in Robert Lepage’s brilliantly inventive production. Simon Keenlyside is the magician Prospero, who conjures the storm that shipwrecks his enemies and sets in motion the course of events. Rising Met stars Isabel Leonard and Alek Shrader are the young lovers, Miranda and Ferdinand, Alan Oke sings the sinister Caliban, and Audrey Luna gives a memorable performance as the sprite Ariel.
Length 142 minutes
Actors
Simon Keenlyside | Iestyn Davies | John del Carlo | Alan Oke | Isabel Leonard | Audrey Luna | Alek Shrader | Kevin Burdette | William Burden | Toby Spence | Christopher Feigum | MET Orchestra