June
19
MET OPERA LIVE IN HD SUMMER ENCORE: CARMEN
GEORGES BIZET
2012-2013 HD OPERA SEASON
JUNE 19, 2013 @ 7 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
A Scene from Act I of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Elina Garanca in the title role. Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Escamillo in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Marty Sohl/Metropolitan Opera
Barbara Frittoli as Micaela in Bizet’s “Carmen.” Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
Elina Garanca as Carmen, and Roberto Alagna as Don Jose in Bizet’s Carmen Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera
