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There’s also a family curse, which is what ultimately compels Rachel to stay, even at a reception that echoes Luis Buñuel’s “The Exterminating Angel.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Somewhere, the aforementioned Spanish director behind “The Exterminating Angel” is nodding wryly at the idea of a satire about G-7 leaders set in a peat bog thick with mummified zombies.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

One recent work that is worthy of the canon yet seemed doomed to obscurity is Thomas Adès’s opera “The Exterminating Angel.”

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2024

The 2023-24 season, announced in March, has Dudamel leading a new production of Wagner’s “Lohengrin“ starting Sept. 23 and Thomas Ades’ “The Exterminating Angel” starting Feb. 9.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

It was a company of Exterminating Angels, at bottom the best fellows in the world.

From The Moon-Voyage by Verne, Jules