Bizet: Carmen

Georgian mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili gives a dynamic performance as Bizet’s iconic gypsy, the woman who lives by her own rules. Aleksandrs Antonenko is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell, and Ildar Abdrazakov plays Escamillo, the swaggering bullfighter who takes Carmen away from Don José—an action that seals Carmen’s tragic fate. Anita Hartig is Micaëla, and Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Richard Eyre’s hit production, set in 1930s Spain.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Music

Duration:

171 minutes

Year:

2014

Director:

Richard Eyre

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Company:

The Metropolitan Opera

Cast:
Anita Rachvelishvili

Carmen

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Don José

Keith Miller

Zúñiga

John Moore

Moralès

Anita Hartig

Micaëla

Crew:
Henri Meilhac

Writer

Ludovic Halévy

Writer

Georges Bizet

Original Music Composer

Richard Eyre

Director

Matthew Diamond

Director