![logo](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2Flogo.5bf2bb36.png&w=96&q=75)
![The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel backdrop](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FmVZASS7IzCWmwEZRvawI3JgjBh0.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
![The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FcefmaFky6POXn9TuSoe6W99ecDH.jpg&w=3840&q=75)
Trailer
The Metropolitan Opera: The Exterminating Angel
7.7
|
2h 22m
|
2017
Overview
After the acclaimed Met premiere of Thomas Adès's "The Tempest" in 2012, the composer returned with another masterpiece, this time inspired by filmmaker Luis Buñuel's seminal surrealist classic "El Ángel Exterminador", during the 2017–18 season. As the opera opens, a group of elegant socialites gather for a lavish dinner party, but when it is time to leave for the night, no one is able to escape. Soon, their behavior becomes increasingly erratic and savage. The large ensemble cast tackles both the vocal and dramatic demands of Adès's opera with one riveting performance after another. Tom Cairns, who also penned the work's libretto, directs an engrossing and inventive production, using a towering wooden archway to trap the characters onstage. And Adès himself takes the podium to conduct the frenzied score, which features a host of unconventional instruments, including the eerie electronic ondes Martenot.
Cast
![Joseph Kaiser pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Joseph Kaiser
Edmundo de Nobile
![Amanda Echalaz pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Amanda Echalaz
Lucía de Nobile
![Audrey Luna pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Audrey Luna
Leticia Maynar
![Alice Coote pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FmMRsZW3Opqb3zUxyKZa2D6bKZ9k.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Alice Coote
Leonora Palma
![Sally Matthews pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F6YB92CtUg7UmQo7tng9xHEkB2QY.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Sally Matthews
Silvia de Ávila
![Iestyn Davies pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F2FgoiRoV694imnCegspuRMHJ8zj.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Iestyn Davies
Francisco de Ávila
![Christine Rice pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F8XcRKPxAHTDEy3Ek42FuLTPq01c.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Christine Rice
Blanca Delgado
![Rodney Gilfry pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FjPQJ6OkMQYYhKqdZrgcLoTJlq7R.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Rodney Gilfry
Alberto Roc
![Sophie Bevan pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Sophie Bevan
Beatriz
![Frédéric Antoun pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Frédéric Antoun
Raúl Yebenes
![David Portillo pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
David Portillo
Eduardo
![David Adam Moore pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
David Adam Moore
Colonel Álvaro Gómez
![Kevin Burdette pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Kevin Burdette
Señor Russell
![John Tomlinson pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Ff2KtohfPfxdCq0NxMhbzec7HeCJ.jpg&w=320&q=75)
John Tomlinson
Doctor Carlos Conde
![Christian van Horn pic](/_next/image?url=%2F_next%2Fstatic%2Fmedia%2FPortraitPlaceholder.a8aff590.png&w=320&q=75)
Christian van Horn
Julio
Recommendations
![Return to Zero poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fqwm4TZOFPn4fPX1S8D7V3cVaiZ7.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Return to Zero
2014
6.7
![Return to Jurassic Park poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FmPyu59cDdmMDDW9IOtfjVlM0THd.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Return to Jurassic Park
2011
6.6
![Transformers: Titans Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FnP4nfW0E1cl1dAy6j8iKHsJRyQ2.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Transformers: Titans Return
2017
6.9
![Bonanza: The Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FaOGanl6gCD9EFUYVYMcQscUooLT.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Bonanza: The Return
1993
6.5
![Fight!! Spirit of the Sword poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F2ctuOltpgm2IXHZ5tbTstFwQ4tT.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Fight!! Spirit of the Sword
1993
6.2
![Return to Sleepaway Camp poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fp6V97pjGwN0fENR6mlBeUoAT73z.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Return to Sleepaway Camp
2008
5.9
![Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F2YC1JNgGGHrCXDT83UCpdcWLFmV.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2
2017
6.6
![The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2Fduqg6CiSik02nSXjiQHo8TcwY4b.jpg&w=320&q=75)
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar
2015
6.7
![Universal Soldier: The Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FqlcPJK0Me8aUtDPwk3TqN2RdKH4.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Universal Soldier: The Return
1999
5.9
![Krampus: The Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F4EZ60Bag2rCqK6C6QlE8efwdXYW.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Krampus: The Return
2022
6.8
![A Scooby-Doo! Christmas poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FjQckoQuqC3FSjyd4sDTmiGOicLv.jpg&w=320&q=75)
A Scooby-Doo! Christmas
2002
8.7
![The Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FoyRNMNZMFdGKe0S3cuVELIutWPp.jpg&w=320&q=75)
The Return
1980
6.0
![Return of the Secaucus Seven poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FbBo5W9RcFZepBDU6NZL0z8ycNyt.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Return of the Secaucus Seven
1980
6.5
![Fight! poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F1KpQ8Rhl1T3rzypivqsOZusXQ4g.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Fight!
2014
5.9
![Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return poster](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2FmpMX4avGjpQ0LSgDUTebxdTD81T.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return
2014
6.3