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Bizet: Carmen (2014)
Directed by Richard Eyre, Matthew Diamond
Overview
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.
Length 171 minutes
Actors
Joyce DiDonato | John Moore | Eduardo Valdes | Ildar Abdrazakov | Keith Miller | Aleksandrs Antonenko | Anita Rachvelishvili | Kiri Deonarine | Anita Hartig | Jennifer Johnson Cano | Malcolm MacKenzie | MET Orchestra