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Carmen

 

After her triumphant success as Carmen in Riga, London, and Munich, Elîna Garanca, “the Carmen of our day” (News, Austria), took the Met by storm when filmed live in January 2010.

Every generation has its “go to” Carmen. In 2010, the list of definitive gypsy seductresses – glittering with names like Baltsa, Bumbry, Calvé, Farrar, and Stevens – is enriched by the addition of Elîna Garanca.

The Wiener Zeitung said it all when it observed of Garanca’s Carmen that “the role and the singer are perfectly matched”.

 

This production was also seen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 2009 with Garanca and Alagna in the lead roles.

 

 

Cast List

 

 Carmen ELINA GARANCA

 Don José ROBERTO ALAGNA

 Moralès TREVOR SCHEUNEMANN

 Micaela BARBARA FRITTOLI

 Zuniga KEITH MILLER

 Frasquita ELIZABETH CABALLERO

 Mercédès SANDRA PIQUES EDDY

 Escamillo TEDDY TAHU RHODES

 Le Dancaire EARLE PATRIARCO

 Le Remendado KEITH JAMESON

 

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Yannick Nézet-Séguin

 

Solo Dancers: MARIA KOWROSKI & MARTIN HARVEY

 

PRODUCTION: Richard Eyre

SET & COSTUME DESIGNER: Rob Howell

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Peter Mumford

CHOREOGRAPHER: Christopher Wheeldon

 

2 DVD Set in 5.1 DTS surround sound.

 

Deutsche Grammophon 2DVDs 0734581