Carmen
# 'Carmen' makes high-caliber comeback at the Met
📜 Overview:
This all-star cast is framed by Peter Hall’s gritty, realistic production and conducted by James Levine, who brings out all the surging emotion and gripping drama in Bizet’s score. At the center of the story is Agnes Baltsa, whose smoky mezzo is tailor-made for the gypsy Carmen, an independent woman who glories in obeying only her own rules, but who is haunted by fate. Superstar tenor José Carreras is Don José, the solider from a small town who catches Carmen’s eye and is destroyed by his growing obsession with her. Samuel Ramey is the charismatic matador Escamillo, who lures Carmen away from Don José with tragic result. Leona Mitchell is Micaëla, the simple girl from Don José’s hometown who cannot save him. March 21, 1987 Matinee Broadcast.
🌏 Languages Available:
French
📆 Date Released:
1988-12-12
⌚ Running Time:
172 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
8.667
Beloved Cast
Carmen
Agnes Baltsa
Don José
José Carreras
Escamillo
Samuel Ramey
Micaëla
Leona Mitchell
Frasquita
Myra Merritt
Mercédès
Diane Kesling
Remendado
Anthony Laciura
Zuniga
Ara Berberian
Morales
Vernon Hartman
Dancaire
Bruce Hubbard
Conductor
James Levine
MET Orchestra
Moralès
Christopher Schaldenbrand
Micaela
Angela Gheorghiu
Don José
Plácido Domingo
Zuniga
Jeffrey Wells
Carmen
Waltraud Meier
Frasquita
Mary Dunleavy
Escamillo
Sergei Leiferkus
Le Dancaïre
Kim Josephson
Le Remendado
Tony Stevenson
Mountain Guide
Charles Duval
Self - Host
Garrick Utley