Admin

Organization

Singer

Soprano

Anita Hartig

Michaela

Hei-Kyung Hong

Ailyn Pérez

Mezzo-soprano

Anita Rachvelishvili

Carmen

Elīna Garanča

Tenor

Aleksandrs Antonenko

Don José

Roberto Alagna

Brandon Jovanovich

Yonghoon Lee

Baritone

Massimo Cavalletti

Escamillo

Ildar Abdrazakov

Gábor Bretz

Kiri Deonarine

Frasquita

Danielle Talamantes

Jennifer Johnson Cano

Mercedes

Ginger Costa-Jackson

Eduardo Valdes

Remendado

Scott Scully

Keith Jameson

Malcolm MacKenzie

Dancaire

Brian Montgomery

John Moore

Morales

Trevor Scheunemann

Bass

Keith Miller

Zuniga

Richard Bernstein

Conductor

Pablo Heras-Casado

Stage director

Richard Eyre

Set designer

Rob Howell

Costume designer

Lighting designer

Peter Mumford

Choreographer

Christopher Wheeldon

The Metropolitan Opera

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

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.

Carmen Bizet

Public

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Production booklet

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