, a 2014 performance featuring mezzo-soprano
Anita Rachvelishvili in the role that brought her international stardom.
She sang the title character of the gypsy who prizes her freedom above everything else, opposite tenor
Aleksandrs Antonenko as the volatile and jealous Don José. Soprano
Anita Hartig was the virtuous Micaëla, and bass
Ildar Abdrazakov sang the swaggering bullfighter Escamillo.
Pablo Heras-Casado conducted the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Bizet’s blockbuster score, one of the most beloved operas in the repertory.
Carmen will be heard over the
Toll Brothers-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 6. Listen to it on Classical IPR.