'The Tempest is an opera by English composer Thomas Adès with a libretto in English by Meredith Oakes based on the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.'
Co-production with the Copenhagen Opera House and the Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg. World premiere at the Royal Opera House in London on 10 February 2004.
The BBC broadcast The Tempest on 23 June 2007 from the Covent Garden revival and a commercial recording featuring Bostridge, Keenlyside, Sieden and Royal was released by EMI Classics in June 2009.