The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
- Released on
- Runtime
- 142 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Simon Keenlyside
- Isabel Leonard
- Audrey Luna
- Alan Oke
- Alek Shrader
- Kevin Burdette
- Iestyn Davies
- Toby Spence
- Christopher Feigum
- John del Carlo
- William Burden
- MET Orchestra
Director
- Robert Lepage
- Gary Halvorson
Producers
- Louisa Briccetti
- Victoria Warivonchik
