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The Tempest
Thomas Adès 's operatic version of Shakespeare's The Tempest was a hit at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, when it was first performed in 2004. Since then it's notched up similar successes in Strasbourg and Copenhagen, and in its American premiere at Santa Fe in New Mexico. This year it returned to
London with many of the same singers who created the roles, including Simon Keenlyside , Ian Bostridge and Cyndia Sieden scaling the heights of one of the most stratospheric soprano parts ever written.
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, conducted by the composer

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Adès
Unknown:
Simon Keenlyside
Unknown:
Ian Bostridge
Unknown:
Cyndia Sieden
Prospero:
Simon Keenlyside (baritone)
Miranda:
Kate Royal (soprano)
Ferdinand:
Toby Spence (tenor)
Caliban:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
Ariel:
Cyndia Sieden (soprano)
King of Naples:
Philip Langridge (tenor)
Antonio:
Donald Kaasch (tenor)
Sebastian:
Jonathan Summers (baritone)
Trinculo:
David Cordier (counter Tenor)
Stefano:
Stephen Richardson (bass-Baritone)
Gonzalo:
Graeme Danby (bass)

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