Looking to future seasons. the Met has joined with the Royal Opera and the Salzburg Festival to commission ThomasAdes' "The Exterminating Angel, " based on the Luis Bunuel film.
In February, New York City Opera presented Thomas Ades's "Powder Her Face, " which tells the scandalous story of Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, who was accused by her husband of 88 extramarital affairs during their 1963 divorce.