02:22:00
  • 4K
  • HD
  • SD
 2017

The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel

7.70 142 minutes
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.

Similar

The Mask

1994 Movies

Don Giovanni

2018 Movies

Divinity

2023 Movies

Donnie Darko

2001 Movies

Rossini Sigismondo

2010 Movies

Don Giovanni

2013 Movies

Tosca

2023 Movies

Recomendation

Shamshera

2022 Movies

The Rapture

2023 Movies

Ninja Terminator

1985 Movies

Godzilla vs. Gigan

1972 Movies

Sayen: Desert Road

2023 Movies

Spirit of Ecstasy

2023 Movies

Toxic

2008 Movies

The Terminators

2009 Movies

Project A: Part II

1987 Movies

Like a Prince

2024 Movies

Sector 36

2024 Movies