Opera in 3 acts, Text: Meredith Oakes, after Shakespeare. Par ADES THOMAS. The Libretto of the Opera by Thomas Ades, adapted from the Shakespeare comedy by Meredith Oakes. The Opera was first performed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in February 2004. / Opéra-opérette / Livre / Livret

An Opera in Three Acts-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 captu…