The Enchanted Island

Music by

pasticcio

Metropolitan Opera

New York, US

2011

Saturday
December
31
18:30
Wednesday
January
04
19:30
Saturday
January
07
19:30
Thursday
January
12
20:00
Saturday
January
14
20:00
Tuesday
January
17
20:00
Saturday
January
21
13:00
Wednesday
January
25
19:30
Saturday
January
28
20:00
Monday
January
30
19:30

Cast

Ariel  Danielle de Niese
Miranda  Lisette Oropesa
Sycorax  Joyce DiDonato
Prospero  David Daniels
Ferdinand  Anthony Roth Costanzo
Neptune  Plácido Domingo
Caliban  Luca Pisaroni
Demetrius  Paul Appleby
Helena  Layla Claire
Lysander  Elliot Madore
Hermia  Elizabeth DeShong
Masque Quartet  Ashley Emerson
Masque Quartet  Monica Yunus
Masque Quartet  Philippe Castagner
Masque Quartet  Tyler Simpson

Conductor

William Christie

Production

Phelim McDermott

Costumes

Julian Crouch

Costumes

Kevin Pollard

Lighting

Brian MacDevitt

Choreography

Graciela Daniele

About

A pasticcio (pastiche) of music by various baroque composers, including George Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Jean-Philippe Rameau, devised and written by Jeremy Sams after The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare.

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Reviews

noble salvage

Lisette Oropesa as Miranda showed once again that she is one of the most radiant (yet sadly underused) talents at the Met

—  DeCaffarrelli  •  Parterre

Met’s strong cast and magical staging win out over PC cliches in “Enchanted Island”

Lisette Oropesa’s pliant, luminous tone makes much of Miranda’s music

—  Marion Lignana Rosenberg  •  The Classical Review

Shiny Bibelot From Shakespeare, Handel & Co.

The lyric soprano Lisette Oropesa brought a gleaming voice and beguiling grace to Miranda.

—  Anthony Tommasini  •  New York Times

'Enchanted Island' at the Met

Much of "The Enchanted Island" is quite humorous. Miranda, delightfully sung by Lisette Oropesa, is Prospero's charming eligible daughter, who seems to be loved by everyone. Without wishing to typecast and thus narrow her future career options, I'd say Oropesa is a natural for this sort of role.

—  Jerome R. Sehulster  •  San Francisco Chronicle

Performance History

Lisette has given 10 performances as Miranda.