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Plot Summary
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.
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TOMATOMETER
30%- Reviews Counted: 86
- Fresh: 26
- Rotten: 60
- Average Rating: 4.6/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Rotten: A pretty frustrating adaptation of Shakespeare's play, one that dog-paddles around in ever-more-frenetic circles, searching for a way inside the material.
Rotten: Most plays-turned-movies try to open things up. Taymor still thinks like a theater director, ending up with a "Tempest" that takes place in a teapot.
Rotten: Primarily an exercise in eccentric (and, I would argue, empty) spectacle.
Rotten: The costumes designed by Sandy Powell - leather gowns and military uniforms, Renaissance in silhouette and detailed with zippers - are the film's most arresting element.
Customer Reviews
The reviews above are for a different version of The Tempest
I'm pretty sure it is obvious that the reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, above, are not for this Met production, but for a movie of the same name that also came out in 2012. I have not yet had a chance to view this new entry from the Met to review it on its own merit; but don't be dissuaded from viewing it based on the so-so reviews, above. Let's hope somebody from iTunes catches this mistake and removes the inappropriate reviews.
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