Tempest

Pollak Theater at Monmouth University

400 Cedar ave
West Long Branch, NJ 07764
USA

November 10, 2012; Encore: Sun., Jan. 27 Start time: 12:55 p.m. ET Approx. Runtime: 3:30 Pollak Theatre Composer Thomas Adès conducts the Metropolitan Opera premiere of his 2004 work, which has been widely praised as a modern masterpiece. Director Robert Lepage recreates the interior of 18th-century La Scala, including the hidden workings underneath the stage, where Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, practices his otherworldly arts. The magnetic baritone Simon Keenlyside stars as Prospero, a role he has sung to great acclaim in London. Production a gift of Mrs. Bert S. Turner and Robert L. Turner  A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and L'Opéra de Québec  In collaboration with Ex Machina TICKETS GO ON SALE IN AUGUST!