MET OPERA LIVE IN HD: CARMEN

Posted by Layla on January 16, 2010 in MET OPERA LIVE IN HD | Leave a comment

GEORGES BIZET

2009-2010 HD OPERA SEASON

JANUARY 16, 2010 @ 1:00 PM

RUN TIME: 3 HRS 10 MIN

One of the most popular operas of all time, Carmen “is about sex, violence, and racism—and its corollary: freedom,” says Olivier Award-winning director Richard Eyre about his new production of Bizet’s drama. “It is one of the inalienably great works of art. It’s sexy, in every sense. And I think it should be shocking.” Elīna Garanča sings the seductive gypsy of the title for the first time at the Met, opposite Roberto Alagna as the obsessed Don José.

Text courtesy of The Metropolitan Opera website:  http://www.metopera.org

CONDUCTOR: Yannick Nézet-Séguin

PRODUCTION: Richard Eyre

CAST: Barbara Frittoli, Elīna Garanča, Roberto Alagna, Mariusz Kwiecien

CAST SHEET & SYNOPSIS:

http://www.metoperafamily.org/uploadedFiles/MetOpera/watch_and_listen/hd_events/carmensynopsis.pdf

VIDEO: Video courtesy of the Metropolitan Opera.

PHOTOS:  Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera & Marty Sohl /Metropolitan Opera

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

Roberto Alagna as Don José and Elina Garanca in the title role of Bizet’s “Carmen.”

Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera

A scene from Act III of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Roberto Alagna as Don José and Elina Garanca in the title role.

Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Elina Garanca as Carmen and Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo in Bizet’s “Carmen.”

Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera

Elina Garanca as Carmen in Bizet’s “Carmen.”

Layla as Carmen