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Alexei Ratmansky’s The Tempest is a one-act ballet inspired by Shakespeare’s play, set to Jean Sibelius’s incidental music Op. 109. The production features sets and costumes by Santo Loquasto, lighting by Robert Wierzel, and dramaturgy by Mark Lamos, and is a co-production with The National Ballet of Canada. Critics noted that the Met’s larger stage gives the ballet room to breathe, enhancing the staging’s blend of fragmented narrative and reflective episodes. Ratmansky’s choreography alternates between storytelling—such as a flashback to Prospero’s overthrow—and scenes that evoke states of mind. Loquasto’s designs emphasize elemental imagery for characters like Prospero, Ariel, and Caliban. Sibelius’s rarely heard score, rich in color and atmosphere, underpins the storm, magic, and reconciliation that drive the ballet.
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