Name: Carmen
Start: 2009-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2010-05-01T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Mezzo-soprano

Elīna Garanča

Carmen

Olga Borodina

Viktoria Vizin

Kate Aldrich

Baritone

Earle Patriarco

Dancaire

Tenor

Brandon Jovanovich

Don José

Jonas Kaufmann

Roberto Alagna

Mariusz Kwiecien

Escamillo

Teddy Tahu Rhodes

Soprano

Elizabeth Caballero

Frasquita

Laura Vlasak Nolen

Mercedes

Sandra Piques Eddy

Barbara Frittoli

Michaela

Maija Kovalevska

Liam Bonner

Morales

Trevor Scheunemann

Keith Jameson

Remendado

Scott Scully

Bass

Keith Miller

Zuniga

Richard Bernstein

Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Alain Altinoglu

Stage director

Richard Eyre

Costume designer

Rob Howell

Set designer

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Richard Eyre’s stunning new production of Bizet’s opera was the talk of the town when it was unveiled on New Year’s Eve 2009. Elīna Garanča leads the cast as the iconic gypsy of the title—a woman desired by every man but determined to remain true to herself. Roberto Alagna is Don José, the soldier who falls under her spell and sacrifices everything for her love, only to be cast aside when the toreador Escamillo (Teddy Tahu Rhodes) piques Carmen’s interest. With dances created by star choreographer Christopher Wheeldon and conducted by rising maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, this Carmen brings every aspect of Bizet’s tale to thrilling life, from its lighthearted beginning to its inevitably tragic climax.

Carmen
'Opéra comique' de Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
Livret de Henri Meilhac et Ludovic Halévy d'après le roman de Prosper Mérimée
Création à Paris, Opéra Comique, le 3 mars 1875 Metropolitan

Carmen Bizet

Public

Approved

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