Release Date: 2012-11-09
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.
Rating: 10 / 10
Simon Keenlyside
as Prospero
Isabel Leonard
as Miranda
Audrey Luna
as Ariel
Alan Oke
as Caliban
Alek Shrader
as Ferdinand
Meredith Oakes - Writer
Thomas Adès - Original Music Composer
William Shakespeare - Original Story
Robert Lepage - Director
Peter Gelb - Executive Producer
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