Editing Thomas Adès (section)

=== Operas ===
[[File:Powder her face.JPG|thumb|260x260px|A scene from a production of ''Powder Her Face'' by [[Pier Luigi Pizzi]] at the [[Teatro Comunale Bologna]], 2010]]
;''[[Powder Her Face]]''
:Adès's 1995 [[chamber opera]] with a libretto by [[Philip Hensher]], won both good reviews and notoriety for its musical depiction of [[fellatio]]. The opera was commissioned by [[Almeida Opera Festival]], London, and has since been given new productions around the world. The Duchess depicted in the opera is the [[Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll]] whose scandalous behaviour in Britain in the early 1960s was revealed during a divorce trial with the introduction into evidence of photographs of her various sexual acts. Adès's "Concert Paraphrase" on ''Powder Her Face'' for solo piano was premiered by the composer for the Vancouver Recital Society on 14 March 2010 in Vancouver; the work was co-commissioned by the VRS, San Francisco Performances, and the Barbican Centre in London.
;''[[The Tempest (opera)|The Tempest]]''
:with a libretto by [[Meredith Oakes]] adapted from [[Shakespeare]]'s play, was premiered to critical acclaim at the [[Royal Opera House]], [[Covent Garden]] London in February 2004, followed by performances at the [[Opéra national du Rhin|Strasbourg Opera]] and the [[Copenhagen Opera House]] in 2005. Its US premiere was by the [[Santa Fe Opera]] in July 2006. The original production was revived by the [[Royal Opera House]] London in March 2007 to acclaim. A production by [[Frankfurt Opera]], staged by [[Keith Warner]] and conducted by [[Johannes Debus]] in January 2010 was the first in Germany.<ref>''[http://www.oper-frankfurt.de/en/page0.cfm?stueck=178&stueckdatum=1066 The Tempest] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718124953/http://www.oper-frankfurt.de/en/page0.cfm?stueck=178&stueckdatum=1066 |date=18 July 2011 }}'' at Oper Frankfurt, January 2010. Accessed 6 November 2012.</ref> [[EMI]]'s recording of the Covent Garden performance of ''The Tempest'' won Adès the title of Composer of the Year in the 2010 [[Classical BRIT Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bso.org/t-z/thomas-ades.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414095735/http://www.bso.org/t-z/thomas-ades.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2013|title=Boston Symphony Orchestra Members – Boston Symphony Orchestra|website=www.bso.org|access-date=26 October 2017}}</ref> The Metropolitan Opera, New York, included ''The Tempest'' in its 2012–13 season, conducted by Adès and produced by [[Robert Lepage]].<ref>''[http://www.metoperafamily.org/opera/tempest-ades-tickets.aspx The Tempest]'' at [[Metropolitan Opera]], 2012. Accessed 6 November 2012.</ref><ref>[[Tom Service]]: [https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/arts/music/thomas-ades-conducts-the-mets-premiere-of-the-tempest.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Sailing Into Stormy Musical Waters"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', 19 October 2012</ref> The same production was seen in Vienna in the summer of 2015.
;''[[The Exterminating Angel (opera)|The Exterminating Angel]]''
:adapted from [[Luis Buñuel]]'s 1962 [[surrealist]] film ''[[The Exterminating Angel (film)|El ángel exterminador]]'', was premiered at the 2016 [[Salzburg Festival]],<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jul/29/the-exterminating-angel-review-thomas-ades-salzburg "''The Exterminating Angel'' review – Adès delivers unmissable operatic adaptation"] by Andrew Clements, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 30 July 2016</ref> and performed at the [[Royal Opera House, Covent Garden]], [[Metropolitan Opera]], New York and [[Royal Danish Opera]], Copenhagen, the four co-commissioners and co-producers of the opera.