Bizet: Carmen
2014
Music
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.
Cast
Anita Rachvelishvili
Carmen
Aleksandrs Antonenko
Don José
Keith Miller
Zúñiga
John Moore
Moralès
Anita Hartig
Micaëla
Kiri Deonarine
Frasquita
Jennifer Johnson Cano
Mercédès
Ildar Abdrazakov
Escamillo
Malcolm MacKenzie
Le Dancaïre
Eduardo Valdes
Le Remendado
Directors
Matthew Diamond
Richard Eyre
