The Tempest is an opera by English composer Thomas Adès with a libretto in English by Meredith Oakes based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare .
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72-469: A set of musical identity cards there is a fluid, evolutionary system of characterisation in which vocal manner and accompaniment style are more important than leitmotifs. Qualities of place and status are as important as individual personalities, so the island is represented by evenly flowing accompaniments in woodwind and strings, while the world of the Milan court is represented by more declamatory writing in which
108-462: Is a spirit and, as she wakes up, she wonders who he is: "I never saw/ Your like before". They are immediately attracted to each other, but Prospero appears, confronts Ferdinand, tells him of Alonso's deeds, and immobilizes the young man. Ferdinand declares his love for Miranda and accepts anything which Prospero will do to him, but Prospero declares him unworthy of Miranda and then orders Ariel to bring Alonso and his party to him. Scene 1: The King, and
144-484: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages The Tempest (opera) Following the success of Powder Her Face , The Royal Opera , Covent Garden, commissioned a new opera from Adès in the late 1990s. Working with a librettist, a poetic version of the Jonestown Massacre of 1978 was prepared, but the composer found it impossible to set it to music. Finally,
180-412: Is horrified at the destruction which her father has caused, but Prospero explains how his brother usurped his position and how they were cast away on a small boat twelve years before, surviving with only the help of a faithful courtier, Gonzalo. Prospero sends Miranda to sleep. Scene 3: Ariel and Prospero Ariel explains that she has carried out Prospero's orders, and he further instructs her to restore
216-620: Is not contained by it. It is its own thing, and allows its own existence and resonance. Looking for ideas for a new subject, Adès saw Jonathan Kent's staging of Shakespeare's The Tempest at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2000. For a new libretto, Adès turned to the experienced dramatist Meredith Oakes , whose work had included a short opera libretto for Miss Treat (2002); since the early 1990s, several original plays, translations and adaptations of classics and modern dramas; and, for television,
252-399: Is regarded as the composer's towering achievement to date. This is reflected in the following writers' statements: The evening deservedly belongs to Adès, who himself conducts a score as orchestrally lush and evocative as vocally varied and articulate. The cumulative effect is by turns ethereal, witty, incandescent, often ravishing. ... For one composer at least, contemporary lyric opera
288-545: Is silenced and leaves the group. Confused, the King and Gonzalo leave to search the island with Prospero working his magic to send them to "search/ Where there's no path/ Go in circles/ Drink the salt marsh". Scene 3: Caliban, Stefano, and Trincolo Briefly, they plot to restore Caliban to his former position as head of the island. Scene 4: Ferdinand, Miranda, (and Prospero unseen) The couple expresses their love for each other and Miranda frees Ferdinand leaving Prospero to accept
324-492: Is still a viable medium. It looks like an opera and it behaves like an opera, offering a musical drama in which the traditional operatic virtues of musically delineated characterisation and musically satisfactory dramatic pacing are wonderfully sustained. The musical action of the opera is continuous but is divided into a sequence of sharply distinct scenes. The techniques of pitch derivation found in earlier Adès scores are used again, so that instead of providing his characters with
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396-573: The Santa Fe Opera on 29 July 2006. Covent Garden revived the opera in March 2007 with the same production team, Thomas Adès conducting, and many of the original London cast, including Simon Keenlyside , Cyndia Sieden , Ian Bostridge , Toby Spence , Philip Langridge , and Stephen Richardson repeating their original roles. Cyndia Sieden is the only member of the cast to sing her role, that of Ariel in all four previous productions. Amongst others new to
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468-411: The King's son, Ferdinand, to this part of the island. While loyal to Prospero, Ariel questions when she will be freed from his service and she is assured that after twelve years, this will happen. The pair then hides, leaving Miranda sleeping on the beach. Scene 6: Ferdinand and Miranda (with Prospero and Ariel unseen) Ferdinand arrives on the island to find Miranda asleep. At first he thinks that she
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540-449: The brass are often evident. Quotations below come from the published libretto by Meredith Oakes. Scene 1: The court Using his magical powers, Prospero has created a huge storm during which the ship carrying his brother Antonio (who has usurped his position as Duke of Milan) along with King Alonso, Duke of Naples, Alonso's son Ferdinand, and their courts is wrecked. Offstage the court is heard. Scene 2: Miranda and Prospero Miranda
576-499: The cast are soprano Kate Royal as Miranda and countertenor David Cordier as Trinculo. As a co-production with the 2012 Québec City Opera Festival created by director Robert Lepage and the Vienna State Opera (June 2015), New York's Metropolitan Opera mounted a new production of The Tempest in the autumn of 2012 featuring Simon Keenlyside. It won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording . The 2012 Met production
612-482: The complete removal of Shakespeare's text, as in the following example. Full fathom five thy father lies Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes Five fathoms deep Your father lies Those are pearls That were his eyes The libretto is structured into three acts, approximately equal in length. As in Shakespeare's act 1, scenes 1 and 2, the five main characters are introduced. However, as
648-428: The court Ariel explains that she has led the court around the island and, once more, asks to be freed. The King and the court arrive exhausted and ready to collapse; quickly all but Antonio and Sebastian fall asleep. The two begin to plot to kill the King but are interrupted by the unseen Ariel's plea to the sleepers to wake up. Creating a banquet out of thin air, she just as quickly causes it to disappear and then leads
684-406: The court on the island. (Prospero and Ariel are unseen) The chorus is amazed at how they come through the storm and shipwreck so unscathed. From his hidden vantage point, Prospero orders Ariel to "Taunt them, haunt them/ Goad and tease/ Prick them, trick them/ Give them no peace". The king laments the loss of his son and Gonzalo attempts to comfort him, but Ariel's trickery begins and, impersonating
720-575: The fact that malarial fevers often occur on dry and barren soils, either sandy plains or rocky uplands, where rotting vegetation as a cause is out of the question, relying on his own experience with troops in Holland, Portugal, and the West Indies. This was a significant step towards rationalising the doctrine of malaria. But although in his other writings he was possibly the first to correctly suggest insects as vectors of plague, he tantalizingly failed to make
756-455: The group away into further confusion. Prospero comments on his power over his enemies. Scene 3: Miranda and Ferdinand, return to Prospero William Fergusson (physician) Dr William Fergusson FRSE (1773–1846) was a Scottish inspector-general of military hospitals , and medical writer. He was born in Ayr 19 June 1773 into a prominent local family. From Ayr Academy he went to attend
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#1732887395559792-656: The libretto he needed emerged from a collaboration with Meredith Oakes. The new opera became a co-production with the Copenhagen Opera House and the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg. The Tempest received its world premiere to critical acclaim at the Royal Opera House in London on 10 February 2004. Other productions followed in Strasbourg and Copenhagen later in 2005 and the opera was given its US premiere staging by
828-407: The loss of his daughter: "Miranda/ I've lost her/ I cannot rule their minds/ My child has conquered me/ A stronger power than mine/ Has set the young man free". Scene 1: Caliban, Trincolo, and Stefano all drunk The trio cavorts across the island proclaiming the coming moment when Stefano will be King of the island and Caliban will be free. Scene 2: Prospero and Ariel, followed by the arrival of
864-626: The medical classes at Edinburgh University , where he graduated MB, afterwards attending the London hospitals. In 1794 he became assistant-surgeon in the army, and served in Holland, the West Indies , the Baltic, the Iberian Peninsula, and in the expedition against Guadeloupe in 1815. Fergusson is widely quoted (though often misspelt) as a source of accounts of the Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, where he
900-422: The prize light and later, as his methods begin to take effect: "It works". The libretto suggests a more fatalistic acceptance by Prospero of the loss of his daughter to the young Prince. Therefore, whereas Shakespeare's act 1 concludes with Prospero urging on Ariel to further tasks which involve bringing the court to his part of the island, Oakes' libretto suggests a more vengeful Prospero: I must punish him And
936-414: The relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand progresses, the opera turns away from Shakespeare's presentation of Prospero as the benign manipulator of events, the controller of the pace of the young couple's growing love by using his trickery and magical powers. In an aside to Ariel he comments: They are both in either's pow'rs. But this swift business I must uneasy make, lest too light winning Make
972-567: The rest as well Bring me to them, Ariel. Shakespeare's act 3, scene 2, in which Prospero accepts Ferdinand and Miranda's relationship, and later in act 4, scene 1, his: for I Have given you here a third of mine own life contrasts sharply with the end of Oakes' act 2 in which Miranda and Ferdinand find each other again and declare their love, as they are watched over by Prospero, who frees Ferdinand but laments his loss of power in: Miranda I've lost her I cannot rule their minds My child has conquered me A stronger power than mine Has set
1008-499: The shipwrecked group with "Not a hair perished/ On their clothes no blemish". "I'll clean them and dry them/ And set them on the island" she obeys. Scene 4: Caliban and Prospero (Miranda asleep) Caliban appears and immediately questions why Prospero has caused such distress. Prospero dismisses him – "Abhorrent slave/ Go to your cave" – as he recalls Ariel. Scene 5: Prospero and Ariel (Miranda asleep) Ariel tells Prospero that she has obeyed his commands. He then orders her to bring
1044-419: The story line for Prime Suspect 4 (1995) . Rather than transfer Shakespeare's words directly into the libretto, Oakes has taken the approach of reducing much of the text to its essence, and she produces a compact libretto with the bulk of the text presented in the form of rhyming couplets. Many examples are given in the following plot synopsis, and they illustrate Oakes' technique but that does not always mean
1080-450: The voices of the group to confuse them and divide them, they begin to squabble. Conflict is avoided by the arrival of Caliban. Scene 2: Caliban with the court They confront each other in amazement and soon Trincolo and Stefano begin to ply Caliban with drink. As Ariel's trickery continues, he assures the group not to be afraid, that "the island's full of noises" and explains his presence there, but, before he can reveal Prospero's name, he
1116-571: The west side of Highgate Cemetery . His personal papers are preserved in the library of the University of Yale . He wrote many papers on military medicine, contributed original work to the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, and his papers were read at the Royal Society of Edinburgh . His Notes and Recollections of a Professional Life , a collection of his papers on various subjects,
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1152-584: The young man free. Oakes' act 2 features action taking place on the stage in the presence of entire court rather than in separate scenes as in Shakespeare's act 2. Much has appeared in print about the striking music composed for this opera. Ranging from the almost dissonant (parts of act 1) to the sublimely lyrical (the Miranda–Ferdinand love duet, rare in modern operas, and a quintet passacaglia in act 3), with surges and outpourings of emotion contrasting with harmonic clashes of tone and color, The Tempest
1188-653: Was brought out after his death by his son. The papers are not all medical, one section of the book being on military tactics. There is an essay on syphilis in Portugal, as affecting the British troops and the natives respectively. The essay for which Fergusson is most remembered is that on the "marsh poison" theory of malarial infection, reprinted from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh January 1820. He emphasised
1224-520: Was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh . In 1821 he moved to Windsor on the invitation of the Duke of Gloucester , on whose staff he had been for twenty years. He acquired a lucrative practice both in the town and country around, which he carried on till 1843, when he was disabled by paralysis. He died on 19 January 1846 and is buried with his son, James Fergusson (1808–1886), on
1260-509: Was present (as Staff-Surgeon of the troops embarked) with Admiral Lord Nelson on the flagship Elephant , before being entrusted with the conveyance of the British wounded to Yarmouth. He received his doctorate (MD) from St Andrews University in 1812. Having retired from military service in 1817, he settled in practice at Edinburgh, being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1818. His proposers were Thomas Charles Hope , Sir David Brewster and James Russell. In 1819 he
1296-413: Was streamed online on May 12, September 6 and December 7, 2020. As for the words, you don't get Shakespeare's; but you get something that effectively suggests them at key moments, written by Meredith Oakes in rhyming couplets of impactful clarity. Neat and direct. The opera is a brilliant response to the play, rather than merely a setting of it. While entirely true to the spirit of Shakespeare's play, it
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