OPERA NIGHT – BIZET’S CARMEN

A scene from Act I of Bizet?s ?Carmen? with Elina Garanca in the title role. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaTaken at the Metropolitan Opera during the dress rehearsal on December 21, 2009. Image Name: A scene from Act I of Bizet?s ?Carmen? with Elina Garanca in the title role. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan OperaTaken at the Metropolitan Opera during the dress rehearsal on December 21, 2009. Description: A scene from Act I of Bizet’s “Carmen” with Elina Garanca in the title role. Photo: Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera Taken at the Metropolitan Opera during the dress rehearsal on December 21, 2009.

The Metropolitan Opera New York presents Bizet’s Carmen.

Elina Garanca takes the title role of the ill-fated temptress. Jonas Kaufmann plays Carmen’s desperate lover, Don José. Louis Langrée conducts the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus.

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