Bizet: Carmen (2014)

Director: Matthew Diamond

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