Name: The Tempest
Start: 2012-10-23T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2012-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Audrey Luna

Ariel

Mezzo-soprano

Isabel Leonard

Miranda

Countertenor

Iestyn Davies

Trinculo

Tenor

Alek Shrader

Ferdinand

Alan Oke

Caliban

William Burden

The King of Naples

Bruce Sledge

Toby Spence

Antonio

Baritone

Simon Keenlyside

Prospero

Bass-baritone

John Del Carlo

Gonzalo

Christopher Feigum

Sebastian

Kevin Burdette

Stefano

Conductor

Thomas Adès

Stage director

Robert Lepage

Set designer

Jasmine Catudal

Costume designer

Kym Barrett

Video designer

David Leclerc

Lighting designer

Michel Beaulieu

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

English

The Tempest

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

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.

The Tempest Adès

Public

German

Spanish

Approved

A trailer for the Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest," opening October 23, 2012. Production: Robert Lepage. Conductor: Thomas Adès.  For more informa...

After nearly three decades staging the plays of Shakespeare, Robert Lepage turned his attention to Thomas Adès’s 21st-century operatic adaptation of The Tempest. In directing the work’s Met premiere, Lepage envisioned the sorcerer Prospero as an 18th-century impresario of Milan’s Teatro alla Scala, which he has recreated on the island of his banishment. Enjoy this inventive take on an age-old tale as tonight’s free Nightly Met Opera Stream; the 2012 performance—starring mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard, tenor Alek Shrader, and baritone Simon Keenlyside—is available starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, June 12, at 6:30PM ET.
Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, podcasts, and more—at metopera.org/ChangingtheScene.

Tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream: The Tempest

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