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    Luis Buñuel's 'The Exterminating Angel' Gets An Off-Kilter Adaption From Screen To Stage

    An unseen force keeps patrons from leaving a dinner party. It's the premise of a 1962 surrealist film — and the basis of British composer Thomas Adès' latest opera.
    by Naomi Lewin Nov 05, 2017 2 minutes
    A scene from Thomas Adès' opera <em>The Exterminating Angel</em>, based on Luis Buñuel's 1962 surrealist film of the same name.

    Imagine a dinner party that never ends. The guests leave. That's the premise for 's classic 1962 surrealist film . It might seem an unlikely subject for an opera, but that's just what London-born composer has brought to New York's Metropolitan Opera.

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