Thomas Adès Discusses Influences for The Exterminating Angel
Clip: Season 45 Episode 21 | 4m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Thomas Adès and Tom Cains discuss the surreal influences for The Exterminating Angel.
Composer and Conductor Thomas Adès and Librettist and Director Tom Cains discuss the influences for The Exterminating Angel, including the classic Luis Buñuel film. They also analyze the opera's dramatic music, set and costumes.
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Major series funding for GREAT PERFORMANCES is provided by The Joseph & Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation, the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Arts Fund, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust, Sue...
Thomas Adès Discusses Influences for The Exterminating Angel
Clip: Season 45 Episode 21 | 4m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Composer and Conductor Thomas Adès and Librettist and Director Tom Cains discuss the influences for The Exterminating Angel, including the classic Luis Buñuel film. They also analyze the opera's dramatic music, set and costumes.
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Preview: S45 Ep21 | 30s | GP at the Met continues with the American premiere of Adès’s The Exterminating Angel. (30s)
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