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Work: The Tempest

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ComposerAdès, Thomas (b. 1971)
PeriodContemporary
LibrettistMeredith Oakes
Year2003
Work typeOpera / Oratorio
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Thomas Adès and The Cleveland Orchestra conjure tempests old and new

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Having often been featured as a composer on Cleveland Orchestra programs, Thomas Adès makes his podium debut with the orchestra, leading his own music coupled with analogous works of Sibelius.
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Whimsical Tempest takes Budapest by storm

Hungarian State Opera mount a successful première of Thomas Adès's take on Shakespeare, with the show stolen by Laure Meloy's Ariel.
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Inspired by Shakespeare: a London gala

“If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it.” There was certainly plenty of Shakespeare-inspired music on the bill for the London Philharmonic Orchestra's celebration of The Bard. 
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