Organization

Singer

Soprano

Danielle de Niese

Ariel

Lisette Oropesa

Miranda

Mezzo-soprano

Joyce DiDonato

Sycorax

Countertenor

David Daniels

Prospero

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Ferdinand

Tenor

Plácido Domingo

Neptune

Bass-baritone

Luca Pisaroni

Caliban

Layla Claire

Helena

Baritone

Elliot Madore

Lysander

Paul Appleby

Demetrius

Ashley Emerson

1. Quartet

Monica Yunus

2. Quartet

Philippe Castagner

3. Quartet

Andrew Stenson

Tyler Simpson

4. Quartet

Conductor

William Christie

Stage director

Phelim McDermott

Set designer

Kevin Pollard

Costume designer

Video designer

Fifty Nine Productions

Lighting designer

Brian MacDevitt

Choreographer

Graciela Daniele

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English

The Enchanted Island

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

A contemporary take on the 17th-century genre of the pastiche, this delightful Baroque fantasy brings together some of the greatest arias and ensembles by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, Purcell, and other composers with a new English libretto by Jeremy Sams, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The all-star cast is headed by David Daniels as Prospero, Joyce DiDonato as Sycorax, Danielle de Niese as Ariel, Luca Pisaroni as Caliban, and the legendary Plácido Domingo as Neptune. Early music specialist William Christie conducts this dazzling world-premiere production, designed and directed by Phelim McDermott and Julian Crouch.

Production booklet

Further reading