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Composer:
Thomas Ades

Artist(s):
Kate Royal
Ian Bostridge

Conductor:
Thomas Ades

Background: When Thomas Adès conducted his opera The Tempest at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2007, EMI Classics microphones were on hand to record this 'masterpiece of airy beauty and eerie power'. - Alex Ross, The New Yorker.

The Royal Opera, Covent Garden, commissioned Thomas Adès to compose a new opera in the late 1990s, following the success of Powder Her Face. The libretto by Meredith Oakes is based on Shakespeare’s play of the same name. Rather than transfer Shakespeare's words directly, Oakes has reduced much of the text to its essence, and produced a compact libretto with the bulk of the text presented in the form of rhyming couplets. In the words of Alex Ross, 'Adès wisely assigned the libretto to Meredith Oakes, a seasoned playwright who had the guts to rewrite Shakespeare … Veterans of contemporary premières will be relieved to find that for once a librettist and a composer have taken charge of a sacred text and made it their own. This libretto is designed to be sung.'

CATALOGUE NR: 6952342
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29
RELEASE DATE: 15-Jun-2009

COMPOSER: Thomas Ades
TITLE: The Tempest - complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Ades
ARTISTS: Kate Royal   Ian Bostridge   Simon Keenlyside   Toby Spence

- Aug-2009 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Aug-2009 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'After a number of decent attempts in recent years, the Royal Opera House finally hit gold with a new opera.' - Gramophone 2010 Award Winner

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