The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest

142 mins | Music | Nov. 9, 2012

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 Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest

142 mins | Music | Nov. 9, 2012

The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
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.
Producers The Metropolitan Opera
Original title The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
Directors Gary Halvorson, Robert Lepage
Writers Meredith Oakes, William Shakespeare

Cast

Simon Keenlyside

as Prospero

Isabel Leonard

as Miranda

Audrey Luna

as Ariel

Alan Oke

as Caliban

Alek Shrader

as Ferdinand

Kevin Burdette

as Stefano

Iestyn Davies

as Trinculo

Toby Spence

as Antonio

Christopher Feigum

as Sebastian

John del Carlo

as Gonzalo

William Burden

as Alonso, King of Naples