Bizet's Carmen : Calixto Bieito (stage director), Sir Mark Elder (conductor) – With Elīna Garanča (Carmen), Roberto Alagna (Don José), Maria Agresta (Micaëla)... / François-René Martin, director.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Martin, François-René, film director.

Flores, Alfons, performer.

Paloma, Mercè, performer.

Bieito, Calixto, performer.

Vega, Alberto Rodríguez, performer.

Opéra national de Paris.

Language:

English

Genre:

Internet videos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 40 min., 19 sec.)) : sound, color.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Opéra national de Paris, 2017.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Bizet's Carmen returns to the Paris Opera for a production to kindle every passion, starring the incandescent Elīna Garanča in the title role and Roberto Alagna as Don José—as well as Maria Agresta as Micaëla and Ildar Abdrazakov as Escamillo! In this provocative staging by Calixto Bieito, our heroine takes on a grittier and less exoticized disposition, making her tragic plight resound with real-world implications. Rather than in the fantastical Spain imagined by Prosper Mérimée in his novella that inspired Bizet, Bieito situates his Carmen in a contemporary milieu characterized by economic instability and aggressive machismo. The remarkable depth of this all-star cast shows in the quality of their vocals and their dramatic conviction, while Sir Mark Elder leads the Paris Opera Orchestra in one of the most famous operatic scores ever composed—one that sounds resolutely modern even a century and a half after its composition.

Contents:

Carmen / Georges Bizet.

Participant:

Alfons Flores ; Mercè Paloma ; Calixto Bieito ; Alberto Rodríguez Vega.

Notes:

Vendor-supplied metadata.

Contains:

Container of: Bizet, Georges. Carmen.

OCLC:

1461919707

Access Restriction:

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