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Alternative movies trailers for The Metropolitan Opera: The Tempest
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Thomas Adès - The Tempest: Act II "What Was Before..."
Ferdinand: Alek Shrader Miranda: Isabel Leonard Prospero: Simon Keenlyside Conducted by Thomas Adès Directed by Robert Lepage Metropolitan Opera ...
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