
Bizet: Carmen
Georges Bizet's opera comique live at the Opéra Bastille, Paris on March 7th, 2017
Watch Bizet: Carmen on Soap2day. With a devilish sway of the hips and a hint of Andalusian flair, Carmen, the beautiful cigar-maker sets her sights on a soldier: Don José. Fate will do the rest. Composed to a libretto by Meilhac and Halévy based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella, the opera exploded the boundaries between tragedy and comedy with a modernity that caused a scandal at the time. Can we kill the one we love with love? The fiery beauty of Bizet’s music, where one unforgettable aria follows another, has worked year in, year out to make it the world’s most performed opera.
- Category: Drama
- Production Country: France
- Directed By: Calixto Bieito
- Starred By: Roberto Alagna, Clémentine Margaine, Roberto Tagliavini, Aleksandra Kurzak, Vannina Santoni, Bertrand de Billy,