The Exterminating Angel 艾得斯

阿德斯的第三部歌剧《灭绝天使》于2016年7月在萨尔茨堡音乐节首演。这部歌剧改编自路易斯-布努埃尔的超现实主义经典作品《灭绝天使》，讲述了一群社会名流被莫名其妙地困在一个房间里的故事。

作曲家: Adès, Thomas
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Adès s third opera, The Exterminating Angel premiered at the Salzburg Festival in July 2016. Based on Luis Buñuel s surrealist classic El ángel exterminador, the opera sees a collection of society s grandees inexplicably trapped in a room. The libretto, adapted from the original Buñuel-Alcoriza screenplay by the composer together with the director Tom Cairns brilliantly captures their descent into anarchy. Featuring a jaw-dropping 15 principals (who remain on stage for the majority of the piece), The Exterminating Angel is a true ensemble opera, and the skill with which Adès delineates the many intricacies and undercurrents present over its densely-packed span (just under two hours plus interval) is breathtaking. Like the shipwrecked characters of The Tempest, the cast of this new opera are held in a state of entrapment and dramatic stasis. Like the glittering high-society world of Powder Her Face, the dinner party guests are denizens of a nightmarish world of aristocratic pretension.