Carmen

Georges Bizet

Carmen

new production

Dec 31 - May 25

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The Met celebrates the New Year with a vital new production of one of opera’s most enduringly popular and powerful works. Acclaimed English director Carrie Cracknell makes her Met debut, reinvigorating the classic story of deadly passion with a staging that moves the action to the modern day. Dazzling young mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina leads a powerhouse quartet of stars in the touchstone role of the irresistible femme fatale, alongside tenor Piotr Beczała as Carmen’s overmatched lover Don José, soprano Angel Blue as the devoted Micaëla, and bass-baritone Kyle Ketelsen as the swaggering Escamillo. Daniele Rustioni conducts Bizet's heart-pounding score. Later in the season, another cast of world-class singers takes over, with mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine reprising her seductive portrayal of the title role, tenor Michael Fabiano as Don José, soprano Ailyn Pérez as Micaëla, bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green as Escamillo, and Diego Matheuz making his company debut on the podium.

Production a gift of Adrienne Arsht and Elizabeth M. and Jean-Marie R. Eveillard

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Sung In

French

Met Titles In

  • English
  • German
  • Spanish

Estimated Run Time

3 hrs 25 mins

  • House Opens

  • Act I and II

    100 mins

  • Intermission

    40 mins

  • Acts III and IV

    65 mins

  • Opera Ends

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Creators

Georges Bizet (1838–1875) was known as a brilliant student and prodigy, but his works only found lasting success after his untimely death—most notably Carmen, which premiered three months before he died. Librettist Henri Meilhac (1831–1897) would subsequently provide the libretto for Massenet’s Manon (1884). His collaborator on Carmen was Ludovic Halévy (1834–1908), the nephew of composer Jacques Fromental Halévy (creator of the opera La Juive and Bizet’s father-in-law). The libretto is based on a novella by Prosper Mérimée (1803–1870), a French dramatist, historian, and archaeologist.

PRODUCTION

Carrie Cracknell

SET DESIGNER

Michael Levine

Costume Designer

Tom Scutt

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Guy Hoare

Projection Designer

rocafilm/Roland Horvath

CHOREOGRAPHER

Ann Yee

Headshot of Georges Bizet

Composer

Georges Bizet