
Plot
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.
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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

Joyce DiDonato
Self - Host

MET Orchestra